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From YouTube: Mayor's Neighborhood Coffee Hour in Chinatown 5/2/23
Description
Mayor Wu visited the Boston Public Library's Chinatown branch for the first weekly coffee hour, to engage directly with Boston's community and answer questions about the neighborhood and the city as a whole.
Learn more about the mayor's weekly neighborhood coffee hours at:
boston.gov/coffee-hours
A
A
And
we're
here
as
part
of
the
mayor's
effort
to
get
City
Hall
outside
of
City
Hall,
to
get
into
the
neighborhoods
to
engage
with
residents,
hear
what
issues
are
going
on
talk
about
exciting
new
initiatives
across
the
city.
We
have
all
different
city
departments
here
too
many
to
name
but
the
ones
that
are
tabling
that
I've
seen
so
far:
Boston
Public,
Health,
commission,
ISD,
environment,
landmarks,
301,
bpda,
libraries,
age,
strong
and
the
Veterans
Affairs
office
all
around.
A
A
If
we
were
in
the
park,
I
did
want
to
acknowledge.
We
did
lose
a
hero
in
the
community
this
year,
Tom
Kai,
Chuck
Tom
was
in
Bay
Village
Parks
every
day
in
Elliott
Norton
every
day.
Helping
us
keep
those
Parks
clean,
well
programmed
he's
missed,
but
his
legacy
lives
on
with
the
friends
of
the
park,
so
we
thank
them
for
all
of
their
efforts,
Round
of
Applause
for
the
friends.
Thank
you.
A
Another
big
initiative
of
the
Mayors
this
year
is
her
commitment
to
youth
this
year.
We
want
to
start
with
the
basics,
make
sure
kids
know
how
to
swim,
make
sure
they
know
how
to
bike.
Make
sure
they're
engaged
with
the
Arts
make
sure
they
get
their
hands
dirty
and
learn
how
to
plant
make
sure
they
are
part
of
our
sports
team
and
know
that
camaraderie
that
comes
with
that
and
to
learn
a
sport
to
give
them
all
the
success
and
show
them
Pathways
and
different
ways.
A
They
can
go
so
we're
trying
this
initiative
throughout
the
city
we're
going
to
have
bikes
and
Parks
this
summer,
where
there'll
be
bike.
Lessons
there's
different
ways
that
you
can
sign
up
for
swimming
lessons.
We
want
to
get
out
there
and,
like
I,
said,
get
kids
hands
dirty,
so
we're
excited
that
that
can
all
happen
this
year.
Another
thing
I
want
to
thank
is
the
hard-working
men
and
women
of
the
Boston
parks
department.
They
grew
the
plants
from
seed
we're
giving
out
our
free
summer
guy
Damien.
A
A
B
B
B
B
Thank
you
for
the
honor
of
a
lifetime.
Thank
you
for
believing
in
me.
Thank
you
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
serve
this
amazing
community
that
I
love
so
dearly
and
mayor
Wu,
you're,
truly
a
Trailblazer
and
a
Visionary
and
I.
Your
leadership
inspires
all
of
us
to
work,
to
push
harder
to
embrace
the
possibilities
and
to
work
tirelessly
toward
a
shared
vision
for
a
better
future,
and
for
that
I'm
truly
grateful.
B
B
B
B
C
We
want
to
keep
your
attention
for
just
a
little
bit
longer.
I
know,
there's
so
many
great
conversations
we
had
with
community
members,
and
this
is
the
whole
point
of
why
we're
doing
this.
Thank
you
again
so
much
to
the
parks
department,
our
incredible
Parks,
commissioner
Ryan
Woods
and
the
entire
team.
C
C
C
And
so
our
Park
system
is
really
at
the
center
of
all
of
that.
These
are
the
community
spaces
that
are
free
for
all
and
that
have
programming
and
are
intended
to
draw
you
in.
There
are
many
departments
whose
hard
work
goes
into
that
and
so
I
know
several
of
our
cabinet
members
are
here.
Many
many
additional
departments
are
here
as
well.
Ryan
mentioned
several
of
them.
I
want
to
also
shout
out
chief
of
Human
Services
Jose
maso,
who
I
see
in
the
back
over
there.
C
He
runs
all
of
our
bcyf
centers
many
of
the
Departments
that
are
your
direct
connection
to
Services.
We
also
have
some
of
our
Public
Safety
leaders,
keeping
us
safe
and,
as
usual,
watching
from
the
very
back
where
they
can
see
the
whole
crowd.
We
have
our
fire
commissioner
Paul
Burke,
our
Police
Commissioner
Michael
Cox.
Thank
you
for
all
that
you
do
and
our
other
Public
Safety
Chief
I
saw
earlier
upstairs
where's
chief
hooley,
Chief,
gym.
Okay,
he's
all
the
way,
I
think
up
at
the
top
Chief
Jim
pulley
from
EMS.
Thank
you.
C
Thank
you
for
making
Boston
one
of
the
healthiest
cities
in
the
country
who
am
I
missing
from
our
cabinet.
I,
see
some
folks
from
the
bpda
Diana
from
our
director
of
Urban
Design
I,
see
folks
from
our
Equity
cabinet,
Public,
Works,
Transportation
housing
and,
of
course,
your
incredible
Chinatown
liaison
I'll
choose.
There's
a
larger
area
than
Chinatown.
Give
it
give
a
round
of
applause
for
two.
C
It
was
really
the
idea
of
the
Liaisons
Enrique
are
ons
director
and
chief
Brianna
melore
of
Civic
engagement
to
put
a
slightly
new
Twist
on
this
26
year
old
tradition
that,
instead
of
just
making
sure
we
are
out
and
about
and
bringing
city
leaders
to
you,
we're
also
giving
you
some
direct
information
about
your
particular
neighborhood,
so
think
of
these
almost
as
a
mini
state
of
the
neighborhood
event.
In
you
know,
we
do
the
big
state
of
the
city.
This
is
about.
C
C
C
So
those
are
just
a
snapshot
of
what's
been
happening.
Around
here,
overall,
we
are
committed
to
making
Boston
a
place
for
people,
and
so
thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
role
in
that
all
that
you
all
do.
Oh
I
was
sorry,
a
very
important
department
that
I
missed.
We
have
the
director
of
the
Boston
Housing
Authority,
the
administrator
of
the
Boston
Housing
Authority
Kate
Bennett,
here,
along
with
her
soon-to-be
successor,
Kenzie
Bach
who's
over
on
this
side,
Boston
Public,
Health,
commission
anyway,
I'm
not
going
to
get
into
all
of
that.
C
I
think
we
have
some
questions:
okay,
sure,
okay,
so
a
couple
of
you
all
submitted
questions
ahead
of
time.
So
we'll
do
some
quick
questions
and
then
we're
going
to
do
a
raffle
drawing
if
you
are
interested
in
getting
the
response
to
your
question
and
we
don't
get
to
it.
Please
come
up
and
make
sure
we
have
your
contact
information
and
then
we
will
follow
up
afterwards.
C
Could
we
launch
a
city-wide
initiative
to
identify
sites
for
permanent
Supportive
Housing
in
every
Boston
neighborhood,
so
we
can
more
rapidly
meet
our
City's
need
and
streamline
debate
about
individual
projects,
so
where's
matthew?
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
It
is
a
great
question
and
a
very
necessary
one.
I
would
I'll
continue
saying
that
our
number
one
challenge
as
a
city
is
housing.
Everything
else
that
we're
doing
relies
on
people
being
able
to
stay
in
their
communities
and
afford
to
live
in
this
city,
and
so
housing
has
a
whole
bunch
of
chunks
to
it.
C
I
will
leave
it
open
if
either
of
the
leaders
from
the
BHA
want
to
chime
in
more.
But
we
need
to
tackle
this
from
all
different
angles,
one
every
bit
of
funding
that
we
have
as
much
as
possible
we're
devoting
to
affordable
housing
to
make
those
individual
projects
as
Matthew
points
out
work
and
then
two,
the
structural
or
systemic.
C
That
will
be
easier,
we're
looking
to
partner
to
make
Transition
conversions
from
commercial
Office
Buildings
over
to
residential
possible
and
with
permanent
Supportive
Housing.
In
particular,
there
are
a
couple
very
important
projects
that
are
being
proposed
in
locations
across
the
city.
Now
we
are
learning
from
how
those
processes
are
going
and
working.
As
you
say
to
make
that
effort,
some
of
this
is
doing
what
we
can,
where
we
have
fullest
jurisdiction
and
authority
and
so
using
city-owned
land
as
the
first
starting
point.
C
C
C
C
Chinatown,
for
example,
is
very
lucky
that
bcnc
has
a
program
right
here
and
continues
to
add
seats
and
add
providers
to
that
program.
We
were
very
proud
to
partner
with
them
and
help
open
up
a
new
classroom
that
have
been
sitting
empty
at
bcnc
because
of
the
way
that
we
change
the
way
we
fund,
as
opposed
to
funding
individual
young
people,
but
then
waiting
for
the
center
to
be
able
to
have
enrollment
to
reach
a
full
classroom.
Now
we
fund
the
full
classroom
and
then
let
the
center
find
people
to
fill
it.
C
So
we
kind
of
change
the
order
of
that
in
order
to
better
guarantee
and
make
that
space
available
first
and
then
on
the
high
school
end.
This
is
where
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
making
some
real
Investments
so
that
their
their
quality
options
across
the
entire
city.
Part
of
what
will
make
I
spent
a
lot
of
time
with
young
people
in
our
classrooms.
What
will
make
them
excited
to
come
to
school
is
programming
that
is
supportive
and
interesting
and
consistent
to
them.
C
We
have
a
focus
on
Equitable
literacy,
because
you
can't
do
math
or
learn
history
unless
you
can
really
read
and
engage
all
of
the
texts,
those
those
are
the
building
blocks
and
we're
going
to
keep
layering.
On
top
of
that.
We're
overhauling
special
education
because
it
is
a
a
not
right
now
that
we're
actually
segregating
families
according
to
the
diagnoses
or
the
needs
that
their
child
has,
which
are
only
located
in
certain
schools,
as
opposed
to
Services
following
the
student,
whatever
school
is
closest
and
most
convenient
to
their
family.
C
C
C
Can
some
of
these
be
used
for
City,
Services
or
shelter,
as
we
see
everywhere,
especially
neighborhoods,
closer
to
downtown
the
pandemic,
had
a
big
effect
and
continues
to
our
Economic
Opportunity
and
inclusion
department
is
really
focused
on
making
sure
small
business
owners
have
support
to
get
into
new
vacant
buildings.
So
we
can
fill
these
up
as
quickly
as
possible.
D
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Mayor
will
and
honored
to
be
here
with
with
mayor,
will
and
her
Administration
team
and
to
thank
the
mayor
for
the
important
work
she
and
her
team
are
doing
in
this
community,
but
mostly
to
thank
the
mayor
for
her
support
of
our
immigrant
Neighbors
that
had
have
had
a
difficult
time
during
this
pandemic.
D
I
will
stop
there,
I
apologize
for
being
late
this
morning,
but
I'm
honored
to
represent
you
It's,
a
Wonderful,
vibrant,
engaging
Community
I
want
to
thank
our
city
workers
that
are
here,
the
Boston
police,
Boston
fire
and
our
parks
department.
The
Housing
Authority
I
also
see
our
Boston
municipal
offices
here
as
well.
So
I
want
to
thank
the
municipal
offices.
D
C
A
Just
a
quick
thank
you
to
Dunkin
Donuts
in
the
back,
giving
out
free,
iced,
coffee
and
donuts
and
Star
Market
with
fresh
fruit
in
the
back.
You
can
do
that
and
last
person
to
call
out
very
exciting.
We
have
a
new
hire
at
the
parks
department.
Our
new
director
of
urban
forestry,
for
the
first
time
taught
me
stores
here
overseeing
our
tree
canopy,
to
enhance
all
of
our
trees
and
preserve
them.