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From YouTube: Mayor Michelle Wu's Address to City Workers - 3/15/22
Description
At 9:30AM on March 15, 2022, Mayor Michelle Wu will address all City of Boston workers to touch base, give an update from her administration, and share her plans for the coming weeks.
We invite you to join us!
A
Good
morning,
everyone
happy
march,
I
can't
believe
we're
already
back
together
and
so
much
has
happened
in
just
a
couple
weeks.
I'm
so
excited
to
give
you
an
update
on
what
we've
been
thinking
and
working
on
and
the
work
ahead,
and
also
to
most
of
all
pass
it
over
to
two
leaders
that
I'm
excited
to
highlight
today,
our
new
chief
of
staff,
tiffany
chu
and
our
chief
of
economic
opportunity
and
inclusion,
shigen
irowu.
A
So
since
our
administration
started,
we
have
gotten
113
700
calls
to
3-1-1
a
lot
of
phone
calls
from
our
amazing
3-1-1
team
and
ons
spread
out
across
all
of
our
departments.
You
know
where
these
go,
but
it's
it's
pretty
striking
to
see
just
what
the
numbers
look
like
department
by
department
right,
almost
700
rat
calls
for
isd.
A
536
heat
calls
that
dnd
has
stepped
in
many
of
whom
are
for
seniors
that
I
know
our
age.
Strong
commission
also
make
sure
that
people
have
been
getting
through
each
and
every
storm
safely
and
with
the
heat
that
they
need,
and
that
is
basic
for
everyone.
The
tree
requests
are
already
pouring
in
for
the
parks
department
shout
out
to
commissioner
woods
and
the
team.
A
A
Working
together,
I
was
very
honored
to
join
inspector
d
and
the
team
over
at
public
works
for
a
live
pothole
filling
where
I
learned
how
to
tamp
down
the
asphalt
and
to
see
just
how
fast
our
staff
has
to
work
to
make
sure
that
all
that
asphalt
gets
in
the
ground
quickly
before
it
cools
down
street
cleaning,
we're
already
over
5000
requests
and
snow
plowing.
Almost
1500
200
graffiti
calls.
100
school
facility
calls
1500
needle
pickup
calls,
and
everyone
just
keeps
going
right
back
at
it
the
next
day.
A
I
am
so
proud
that
our
administration
is
really
taking
on
the
big
issues
as
well
as
these
small
things.
That,
in
fact,
are
the
most
important
call
to
that
person
in
our
neighborhoods
as
they
reach
out
to
the
city
of
boston.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
all
that
you
do
I'm
so
proud
to
represent
everyone
and
hope
to
see
everyone
at
one
of
our
first
parades
back
on
the
the
calendar
this
sunday,
so
we're
gonna
have
a
fun
time
with
st
patrick's
day
and
evacuation
day.
B
I
actually
recently
just
moved
back
to
boston
about
four
weeks
ago
to
start
at
the
city
and
if
you
all
aren't
familiar
what
a
chief
of
staff
is,
what
my
job
is
I'm
happy
to
share,
because
I
have
many
people
who
have
been
explaining
to
me
what
their
expectations
are
for
this
role,
and
I
wanted
to
explain
that
to
all
of
you
as
well.
So
there
are
basically
three
roles
for
the
chief
of
staff.
The
first
one
is
supporting
mayor
wu.
B
We
raised
money
from
venture
capital
and
we
ended
up
working
with
500
cities
around
the
country,
helping
to
plan
better
transportation,
including
the
mbta
city
of
cambridge
city
of
somerville,
and
it
was
a
wild
ride
for
about
seven
years
recently
sold
that
company
to
via
which
is
a
transit
technology
company
based
in
new
york
and
when
the
mayor's
team
called
me.
I
felt
it
was
a
once
in
a
lifetime
opportunity
to
come
back
to
boston
and
serve
a
city
that
I
really
love.
B
B
The
first
one
is
about
flexibility.
We
know
many
of
you
care
for
your
families
have
different
schedules
and
we
want
to
adapt
to
how
individuals
and
teamwork
teams
work
best.
The
second
piece
is
around
morale.
We
know
the
pandec.
The
pandemic
has
been
really
really
hard
on
many
of
us
and
we
want
to
be
able
to
modernize
the
way
we
think
about
work
as
well
as
keep
up
with
the
workforce
and
other
industries,
and
then
lastly,
we
really
want
this
to
be
future
looking.
B
So
there's
going
to
be
more
information
coming
soon,
but
at
a
high
level,
your
department,
heads
and
cabinet
heads
are
going
to
be
working
with
hr
in
the
office
of
labor
relations,
to
figure
out
which
positions
are
eligible
and
then
folks
who
are
eligible
will
get
to
opt
in
and
work
up
to
two
days
per
week,
remotely
at
the
discretion
of
their
manager
and
we're
going
to
be
running
the
six-month
learning
period,
starting
sometime
in
april,
may,
to
experiment
and
see
if
it
works
for
a
longer
model.
So
note
we
do.
B
One
of
the
things
we
have
learned
is
that
collaboration
is
much
more
effective
in
person,
so
we're
going
to
be
working
to
make
city
hall
and
downtown
a
place.
We
all
really
want
to
be
so
more
to
come
on
that
and
that's
it
from
me
looking
forward
to
spending
more
time
with
you
all
to
expand
what's
possible
thanks
and
with
that
I'm
going
to
introduce
my
colleague
shagoon.
C
Thank
you,
tiffany
and
thank
you
mayor
wu
good
morning
and
happy
women's
history
month.
It
is
a
high
honor
for
me
to
be
here
with
all
of
you
today
around
this
time.
Around
25
years
ago,
I
actually
started
my
first
day
here
at
city
hall,
on
the
fourth
floor,
under
the
care
and
leadership
of
yamali
and
barbara
and
lisa,
where
my
parents
expected
and
knew
that
I
would
get
the
best
care.
C
C
And
then
10
years
ago
I
returned
to
boston
for
my
first
job,
working
as
an
aide
for
city
councilor,
charles
yancey.
Where
there's
one
thing
I
learned
from
working
with
all
of
you
here
at
city
hall
and
that
all
of
you
understand
that
your
job
every
day
is
not
to
change
the
whole
world,
but
to
change
someone's,
and
that
was
the
most
important
legacy
that
all
of
you
left
with
me
and
today,
because
of
the
privilege
that
mayor
wu
has
bestowed
upon
me.
C
I
have
the
honor
of
serving
as
the
chief
of
economic
opportunity
and
inclusion.
It
is
a
high
honor
to
be
here
with
all
of
you,
but
for
too
many
bostonians,
this
opportunity
is
not
always
available.
This
story
is
not
always
possible
and
that's
why,
when
mary,
when
I
talked
about
this
position
and
her
vision
for
economic
opportunity,
we
changed
the
name
of
our
cabinet
from
economic
development
to
economic
opportunity
and
inclusion,
because
for
too
many
bostonians
for
too
many
of
us
we
know
and
or
see
or
don't
see,
economic
development,
including
us.
C
We
see
the
cranes
in
the
skies
and
we
see
that
leading
to
our
conversations
around
displacement
and
gentrification,
and
so
for
us.
It
was
important
that
before
anyone
meets
me
or
any
members
of
our
team,
that
they
understand
the
work
that
we
do
and
who
we
do
it
for,
and
so
this
has
led
to
the
change
of
our
name
and
the
change
of
our
vision,
which
is
one
of
a
sustainable,
equitable,
vibrant
city
that
centers
its
people
and
creates
opportunities
to
build
generational
wealth
across
all
communities.
C
C
We're
going
to
start
that
by
our
focus
on
the
downtown
area,
as
tiffany
just
mentioned,
whether
we're
here
for
three
days
or
all
five
days
of
the
week.
It's
important
that
we
all
have
a
place
to
return
to
that.
We
remember
a
vibrant
downtown
area
that
has
so
many
things
to
do
so.
Many
places
to
shop
to
eat
at
and
enjoy
one
another,
and
our
five
prong
strategy
is
ensuring
that
we
are
making
it
easier
to
convert
empty
office
space
to
things
like
daycare.
C
Our
public
spaces,
so
that
we
can
meet
up
with
friends
or
colleagues
after
work,
a
focus
on
reactivating
our
city
hall,
plaza
our
backyard
as
chief
irish
calls
it
and
that
his
team
is
making
sure
is
ready
to
go
by
mid-june
and
all
of
this
culminating
in
a
marketing
campaign
to
let
not
only
yourselves
but
also
our
neighbors
residents
of
boston
and
the
broader
world
know
that
boston
is
open
for
business
and
ready
for
some
fun.
C
C
There's
an
irish
proverb
that
says
when
the
the
tree
remains,
but
not
the
hand
that
planted
it,
and
so
I
take
this
opportunity
to
thank
all
of
you
for
the
work
that
you're
doing
the
selfless
work,
because,
even
though,
on
a
day-to-day
basis,
we
may
not
see
fully
the
impact
of
the
work
that
we're
doing.
I
know
that
all
of
us
are
working
to
ensure
that
our
children
and
our
children's
children
will
benefit
from
all
of
the
work
that
we're
doing
today.
So,
thank
you
all
and
thank
you
mayor
for
the
opportunity.
A
Yeah,
I'm
just
so
honored
and
thrilled
to
serve
alongside
all
of
you,
and
I
you
know.
Shogun's
and
tiffany's
remarks
really
remind
me
of
the
conversation
that
I
had
last
week
with
mayor
iwore
tarakov
of
kharkiv
in
ukraine.
He
is
the
mayor
of
one
of
the
easternmost
cities,
the
one
that
is
under
intense
bombardment
right
now.
Not
only
did
I
find
out
that
he
and
I
share
the
same
birthday,
but
he
was
sworn
in
officially
to
office.
A
A
But
it
was
just
such
a
strong
reminder
that,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
when
everything
else
is
taken
away,
what
matters
most
to
people
is
the
work
that
we
do
every
single
day
here
at
the
city
level.
It
is
the
basics
of
what
everyone
relies
on.
It
is
what
makes
life
possible
and
beautiful
and
joyful,
and
it's
at
the
heart
and
foundation
of
the
community
that
we're
trying
to
build
here
in
boston.
So
I
could
not
be
prouder
to
serve
alongside
you
all
and
wish
you
a
very
happy
march.