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From YouTube: COVID-19 Media Availability 4-22-21
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Boston Mayor Kim Janey hosts a media availability to discuss updates relating to COVID-19.
A
Can
you
hear
me
wonderful
good
afternoon
as
people
around
the
world
observe
earth
day,
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
announcement
this
week
of
reverend
mariama
whitehammon
as
incoming
chief
of
environment,
energy
and
open
space
as
she
prepares
for
her
new
role.
She
is
already
working
to
enhance
our
quality
of
life,
ensure
our
air,
water,
climate
and
other
resources
remain
protected.
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Earlier
today
I
announced
the
introduction
of
new
recycling
carts
made
of
ocean-bound
plastics.
The
public
works.
Waste
reduction
division
will
distribute
ten
thousand
new
recycle
carts
to
residents
over
the
next
two
years.
As
mayor
of
a
coastal
city
that
cherishes
its
surrounding
waterways,
I
am
proud
that
boston
is
at
the
forefront
of
this
technology.
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A
There
were
peaceful
protests
in
boston
yesterday,
along
with
cities
all
across
our
country.
As
mayor,
my
door
is
open.
I
invite
our
residents
to
engage
in
addressing
structural
racism
and
the
current
inequities.
We
face
as
a
city
and
as
a
nation
together
the
verdict
and
its
aftermath
can
trigger
an
array
of
feelings
and
emotions.
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A
The
released
files
provide
the
public
with
the
circumstances
of
the
investigation
and
how
leadership
at
that
time
responded
to
the
findings
while
protecting
the
identity
of
the
victims
and
the
details
of
the
abuse.
We
have
a
legal
and
moral
obligation
to
protect
victims
of
sexual
violence
and
avoid
re-traumatizing
survivors.
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Key
questions
remain
about
this
process,
so
I
have
asked
attorney
stephanie
everett
incoming
executive
director
of
opat
to
deliver
a
plan
for
review
and
reform
of
the
police
department's
internal
affairs
procedures
within
45
days
of
her
start
date
on
may.
Third,
this
work
takes
on
addict
significance.
As
we
observe
sexual
assault
awareness
month
in
april.
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This
initiative
is
supporting
non-profit
organizations
that
can
help
us
create
equitable
access
and
break
down
barriers
to
access
for
residents
that
are
disproportionately
impacted
by
covid,
and
today
I
am
pleased
to
announce
the
winners
of
these
grants.
The
awardees
include
tufts
medical
center,
the
harvard
street
neighborhood
health
center
east
boston,
neighborhood
health
center
got
vacs
the
islamic
society
of
boston,
refugee
and
immigrant
assistance
center,
four
corners,
main
streets,
greater
boston,
latino
network,
the
boston,
medical
center,
black
boston
covet
19
coalition
and
the
greater
boston
nazarene
compassionate
center
as
school
vacation
week
concludes
on
monday.
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26
is
when
our
students
will
return
to
boston,
public
schools
and
grades
k
through
8
to
their
classrooms.
For
five
days
of
in-person
learning
for
families
who
opted
in
for
all
grades,
we
must
remain
vigilant
to
prevent
the
spread
of
covet
19
by
encouraging
our
students
and
staff
to
wear
mass,
wash
their
hands,
maintain
adequate
social
distance
and
to
all
parents
of
of
teenagers
who
are
16
and
older.
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She
has
the
trust
and
confidence
of
members
of
our
community,
and
I
know
that
she
will
do
a
tremendous
job
in
leading
this
work
in
terms
of
the
files.
What
was
released
was
what
we
could
release
in
terms
of
understanding
the
process
of
how
the
case
was
handled.
I
will
continue
to
protect
the
identities
and
the
detail
of
the
abuse
in
terms
of
the
survivors.
In
that
case,
I
will
do
nothing
that
will
jeopardize
their
identities.
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What
I
will
continue
to
say
is
that
if
an
officer
has
been
accused
of
sexually
abusing
a
child
and
that
abuse
was
sustained
by
this
department
and
that
officer
was
not
terminated,
that
is
indefensible.
What
is
important
moving
forward
is
that
we
understand
the
process
and
how
that
could
have
been,
and
that
is
why
attorney
everett.
I
will
be
leading
the
work
for
the
office
of
police,
accountability
and
transparency
to
understand
just
that.
The
focus
is
on
the
process.
We
will
not
re-victimize
survivors
in
this
case.
This
is
not
about
pointing
fingers.
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A
I
know
that
there
are
amazing
police
officers
serving
in
the
boston
police
department.
Now
I
know
that
to
be
true,
I
know
many
of
them
personally,
I
have
some
of
them
that
are
working
with
me
on
my
team.
This
isn't
about
individual
officers.
This
is
about
understanding
the
process
and
how
this
was
handled.
It
is
again
indefensible
that
a
police
officer
or
anyone
for
that
matter
could
be
accused
of
something
like
this
and
and
and
continue
on
as
if
nothing
happened.