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From YouTube: COVID-19 Media Availability 6/10/20
Description
Mayor Walsh hosts a media availability to discuss updates relating to COVID-19.
A
Thank
you,
I
just
want
to
apologize
the
press.
Yesterday
we
were
going
to
do
the
press
conference
and
the
George
Floyd
funeral
was
going
on
and
didn't
feels
appropriate
to
do
a
press
conference
during
that
time
and
then
the
time
right
now.
So
that's
why
we're
here
today
the
latest
kovat
19
numbers
in
Massachusetts,
as
of
as
of
Tuesday,
the
state
reached
a
total
of
103
899
cases,
an
increase
of
263
from
Monday,
the
state's
now
confirmed
death
rate
is
7408
the
Boston
numbers.
A
As
of
yesterday,
we
have
a
record
recorded
13,000
41
cases
in
a
one
day
increase
of
15.
From
the
previous
day,
we
have
confirmed
that
7817
people
are
fully
recovered
from
Cova
19
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We
have
lost
669
people
with
three
new
deaths
recorded
on
Monday,
our
prayers.
We
still
have
family
members
with
with
sick
family
members
in
the
hospital
Kovac,
so
I
thoughts
and
prayers
go
out
to
them
and
also
the
families
who
lost
loved
ones
during
this
very
difficult
time.
A
We're
also
praying
for
you.
Our
case
numbers
and
testing
data
continues
to
move
in
the
right
direction.
Overall,
our
positive
test
rate
is
down
by
twenty
one
point:
four
percent,
if
you're
tracking,
that
I
believe
we
started
somewhere
in
the
ballpark
of
the
mid
30s
and
we've
been
going
steadily
down
the
week.
Ending
June
6
was
a
5.3
percent
increase,
so
those
weeks
are
very
low
and
they're
bringing
down
the
overall
rate.
A
The
rate
of
21.4%
test
rate
is
from
the
very
beginning
the
numbers
keep
going
down,
but
we
have
two
things
that
we
still
want
to
do.
First,
we
have
to
keep
taking
precautions
to
slow
the
spread
of
the
virus.
That
means
personal
precautions
and
collective
precautions
and
I'll
be
sending
more
about
Phase
two
today
talking
about
it
and
sharing
more.
A
The
second
big
thing
is
we
have
to
keep
making
Cova
testing
available
on
a
broad
and
equitable
basis,
so
I'm
going
to
give
a
brief
update
on
testing
we've
made
testing
available
across
the
city
through
our
partnerships,
with
our
community
health
centers
and
once
I
want
to
thank
all
of
our
Community
Health
Center's
for
opening
up
testing
facilities
inside
the
health
centers.
We
are
into
our
second
round
of
universal
testing
on
our
homeless
population.
A
We
are
bringing
mobile
testing
to
public
housing
developments
and
Senior
buildings
all
across
the
city
of
Boston
in
Phase,
two
we're
going
to
continue
to
have
more
people
out
and
about
interacting,
so
we're
going
to
need
to
continue
to
make
and
testing
available
more
widely
and
equitably.
This
is
how
we're
going
to
keep
people
safe.
It's
how
we're
going
to
get
the
data
that
we
need
to
make
the
decisions
as
far
as
reopening
and
and
how
we
proceed
forward
and
that's
how
we're
going
to
contain
potential
spikes.
A
This
week
we
have
offered
testing
to
people
who
have
been
demonstrated
and
making
their
voices
heard.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
anyone
that
was
out
there
that
wants
a
test,
please
go
on
the
website
or
call
3-1-1,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
you
are
safe
as
well
just
so
in
order
for
worrying
about
spreading
the
virus.
A
If
you
contracted
the
virus,
we're
working
with
the
East
Boston
neighborhood
health
center
to
create
a
pop-up
testing
site
in
Roxbury
and
we're
working
with
our
mobile
site,
this
site
is
available
by
walk-up
and
it's
open
to
anyone
symptomatic
or
not.
There
was
no
special
screening
or
requirements,
but
we're
reaching
out
or
the
organizers
of
the
demonstrations
to
help
spread
the
word
to
let
people
know
this
is
available
this
Arisa
this
resource
available
to
members
of
the
community
who
have
been
active
in
this
movement.
A
We
know
that
the
risk
of
kovat
is
just
one
of
the
one
of
the
vs.
affecting
our
community
and
as
people
lift
their
voices
to
fight
racism
and
injustice,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
keep
them
safe
as
well.
These
are
both
top
priorities
of
the
City
of
Austin.
This
week,
I've
been
meeting
with
members
of
my
cabinet
I've
been
continuing
to
talk
to
with
staff
of
color
and
elected
officials
of
color.
My
focus
is
on
creating
a
conversation
that
can
be
sustained
and
lead
to
permanent
solutions
and
systemic
in
the
past.
A
What
we
seen
as
conversations
and
and
and
when
the
demonstration
stopped
the
conversation
stopped
and
that's
not
what
we're
gonna
do
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Excuse
me.
These
solutions
have
to
include
police
reform
and
they
have
to
go
beyond
that
as
well
to
include
housing,
education,
economic
opportunities.
This
also
includes
equity
in
public
health
equity
is
the
message
of
this
movement
and
equity
is
our
top
priority.
A
This
excuse
me
on
Monday,
coming
June
15
and
we'll
be
opening
playgrounds
and
splash
pads
with
new
safety,
signage,
athletic
fields
and
tennis
courts
are
now
open
for
non-contact
activity,
but
team
sports
and
group
events
are
still
prohibited
at
this
point
out
of
safety.
Boston
center
feuds
and
families
are
developing
a
modified
summer
programming
and
schedule
for
young
people
ages,
6
to
18,
which
will
be
starting
in
July,
we'll
be
announcing
more
details
and
more
departments
in
the
days
to
come.
A
We
want
Boston
residents
to
know
they
have
access
to
all
the
healthy
and
positive
resources
they
need
and
deserve,
but
we
also
are
going
to
continue
to
move
very
cautiously
and
I
want
to
remind
everyone.
Reopening
does
not
mean
the
risk
of
kovat
is
gone.
It
is
still
very
much
with
us.
Safe
reopening
means
managing
your
risk
at
all
times
for
individuals
that
includes
wearing
face
coverings
and
practicing
social
and
physical
distancing,
while
you're
outside
your
home
for
stores,
restaurants
and
hotels
in
every
business.
A
It
means
making
sure
state
requirements
and
protocols
and
consulting
the
additional
guidelines
that
we'll
continue
to
publish
on
Boston
gov,
slash,
reopening
the
newest
guidelines
are
for
houses
of
worship
and
they'll
be
available
online.
Today,
many
of
our
houses
of
worship
were
allowed
to
open
a
couple
ago.
They
chose
not
you
out
of
out
of
concern
and
somewhat
little
confusion
on
what
they
can
do
and
can't
do
so.
Our
guidelines
will
be
up
today
that
you
have
a
full
understanding
of
recommendations
when
in
doubt
take
cautious
approaches
to
go
the
pace.
A
That
is
right
for
you
and
your
employees.
Your
workers,
especially
low-income
workers,
low-wage
workers,
may
be
afraid
and
may
have
challenges
dealing
with
child
care.
I
want
you
to
ask
I'm
asking
you
to
please
communicate
with
them
clearly
and
include
them
in
your
planning
and
reach
out
to
the
city
for
advice.
If
you're
uncertain,
we
are
committed
to
helping
our
small
businesses
open
safely
and
successfully.
Here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
we
created
the
reopen
Boston
fund
to
provide
grants
for
PPE
in
safety
material.
A
The
restaurant
industry,
as
we
all
know,
has
been
hit
especially
hard
during
these
times,
and
we've
made
it
a
priority:
creating
new
resources
and
lifting
the
range
of
regulations
without
door,
dining
allowed
in
phase
two
we've
been
working
across
multiple
departments
and
to
make
it
successful
and
make
the
reality
for
our
restaurants
a
success
as
they
recover
from
this
crisis.
We
created
expedited
approval
process
for
temporary
expansion
into
public
and
private
spaces.
A
So
far,
we've
had
close
to
500
different
applications
from
restaurants,
all
across
our
city,
from
small
cafes
and
coffee
shops
and
neighborhoods
to
downtown
restaurants.
More
than
200
of
them
have
been
fully
or
conditionally
approved
from
Luna's
in
East,
Boston
to
M&M,
barbecue
and
Dorchester
to
Darryl's
bar
and
kitchen,
the
south
end,
and
the
approvals
continue
to
roll
in
on
a
daily
basis.
A
A
We
are
treating
the
north
end
a
little
separately
due
to
the
density
of
restaurants
and
the
opportunity
to
create
shared
spaces
for
clusters
in
restaurants.
Outdoor
dining
in
the
north
end
can
begin
tomorrow,
although
I
think
some
blipping
in
yesterday
I
want
to
be
upfront
with
the
neighbors
who
have
concerns.
We
have
to
move
quickly
to
help
our
restaurants
in
our
business
districts
in
the
sea
to
survive
be
safe
and
recover.
So
this
is
not
a
typical
community
process,
but
the
conversations
are
going
to
continue.
A
We
will
publish
a
web
list
with
all
approval
listed,
so
you
can
check
on
the
different
locations
in
our
city.
Let
us
know
how
things
are
going
and
we
can
work
out
solutions
in
real
time.
This
is
an
unprecedented
situation,
as
we
all
know,
and
we
need
to
give
a
little
to
help
our
small
businesses
recover.
In
my
words
here,
it
says,
survive
but
I
think
recovering
a
lot
of
cases
and
survive,
but
we
are
committed
to
working
with
everyone,
who's
impacted
and,
with
your
help,
making
sure
outdoor
dining
is
good
for
our
city.
A
Sorry
about
that,
there's
also
the
goal
of
our
work
with
the
vulnerable
communities
that
have
been
hit
the
hardest
by
this
crisis
and
have
been
hit
that
hard
who
may
inequality
for
some
time
today
we
can
share
three
different
funding
sources
that
we
are
using
to
accelerate
sorry.
This
work,
I
think
I
have
a
cold
I
hope.
It's
a
calls.
A
This
week
the
Boston
Rose
agency
fund
is
distributing
another
eight
hundred
and
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
to
total
21
different
organizations.
These
organizations
are
helping
Rondo
of
Bostonians
impacted
by
the
Cova
crisis,
including
families
and
seniors
who
need
food,
young
people
of
color
who
are
at
risk
and
residents
returning
from
incarceration.
A
The
fund
has
raised
a
total
of
32
million
dollars
and,
more
importantly,
is
distribute
over
twenty
million
dollars
to
those.
In
need,
in
addition
to
creating
the
resiliency
fund,
we
have
also
reoriented
many
of
our
existing
resources
to
meet
the
needs
of
this
crisis.
The
neighborhood
Job
Trust
is
a
good
example
of
this.
The
jobs
trust
supports,
affordable
housing,
job
training,
using
linkage
fees
from
development.
It's
our
administrative
Administration
has
worked
out,
and
it's
also
working
through
our
office
of
Workforce
Development
that
we
created
in
2014.
A
A
That
includes
remote
learning
for
English
language,
learners,
retraining
for
hospitality
and
restaurant
workers
who
lost
their
job
during
the
pandemic.
Grantees
also
include
the
Urban
League
of
Massachusetts
and
Roxbury
Community
College
and
several
other
organizations
in
our
city.
Job
training
and
job
placement
is
the
work
that
we
were
doing
before
kovat
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
after
covin,
but
the
pandemic
has
both
deepened
the
need
and
heightened
the
urgency
of
our
response
inequality.
A
This
week
we
increased
our
youth
employment
budget
to
nearly
twelve
million
dollars,
adding
4.1
million
dollars
to
support
8,000
summer
jobs
that
were
at
risk
of
being
lost
due
to
Colvin.
We've
made
tremendous
progress
over
the
last
few
years
in
professional
professiona
lysing
our
summer
job
program,
we've
added
an
enrichment
and
mentoring,
I'm
tracking
the
impact
with
data.
It's
a
program
that
has
been
recognized
nationally
in
many
cities
around
America
copying.
A
A
We've
heard
about
other
cities
canceling
their
summer
job
programs.
For
that
reason,
we're
not
gonna
do
that
here
in
Boston,
we're
determined
to
get
creative
and
provide
the
funding
needed
to
support
our
young
people.
Many
of
our
young
people
in
their
summer
job
help
put
food
on
the
table
and
pay
bills.
Many
of
our
young
people
are
saving
money
when
they
go
to
college.
A
So
it's
really
important
some
of
the
opportunities
that
we're
providing
for
our
young
people
that
are
new
without
500
young
people
working
with
the
Parks
Department
Department
and
public
work
Department
on
beautification
projects
throughout
the
city
of
Boston,
four
hundred
students
will
work
and
I
appear
to
pay
a
covert
awareness
campaign.
This
is
where
young
people
are
gonna
go
online
and
connect
with
other
young
people
about
the
importance
of
wear
a
mask
and
social
and
physical
distancing.
A
This
is
another
example
of
how
we're
responding
to
the
crisis
and
can
strengthen
the
work
that
we're
doing
to
increase
our
opportunity
and
community
investment
moving
forward
before
I
conclude
I
just
want
to
address
the
issue
of
fireworks
in
our
neighborhood.
Many
of
the
stations
have
been
reporting
on
it.
These
have
always
been
there's
always
been
illegal,
fireworks
leading
up
to
the
fourth
of
July,
but
this
year
it's
worse
than
usual.
It
started
early
and
it
never
seemed
to
stop.
The
data
is
eye-opening.
A
Fireworks
call
calls
to
the
Boston
Police
Department
this
year,
we're
up
by
2300
percent
I've.
Never
when
I
saw
that
number
I
thought
it
was
a
misprint.
Twenty-Three
hundred
percent
dismay
compared
it
to
last
May.
That's
27
calls
last
year
in
May
to
over
650
calls
this
year
in
May,
it's
hard
to
believe
that
those
numbers
actually
happen
if
we
weren't
hearing
it
and
if
I
wasn't
hearing
the
fireworks.
My
own
ears,
I,
wouldn't
know
the
difference.
A
I've
gotten
reached
out
to
by
members
of
the
bar
City
Council,
to
ask
me
to
address
this
issue
and
have
more
presence
in
the
community.
I've
also
reached
out
to
by
other
elected
officials
and
I
could
name
them,
but
this
remained
a
name,
but
almost
every
single
ected
official
in
every
single
neighborhood
has
reached
out
to
us
hear
about
these
fireworks,
which
one
remind
anyone.
This
is
a
serious
issue.
People
are
frightened,
people
are
losing
sleep,
babies
and
kids
are
woken
up.
A
Pets
are
terrifying,
our
veterans
and
other
others
with
PTSD
are
experiencing
real
harm
and
it's
a
real
fire
hazard
in
our
city.
In
one
case
last
week
the
police
responded
to
a
reports
of
a
gunshot
in
Mattapan.
It
turned
out
to
be
fireworks,
but
our
neighbors
had
to
deal
with
the
fear
and
the
violence
of
what
was
happening
on
their
street,
not
understanding
that
was
fireworks.
The
police
have
been
able
to
confiscate
some
illegal
fireworks,
but
there's
only
so
much
that
they
can
do
so.
A
I'm
asking
you
if
you
are,
if
you're
involved
in
this
behavior
I,
want
you
to
think
about
the
people
around.
You
I
want
to
think
about
the
seniors
in
your
neighborhood
I
want
to
think
about
the
kids,
your
neighborhood,
the
families
in
your
neighborhood,
think
about
your
community
and
stop
it
I'm
asking
you.
If
you
know
people
involved
in
this
behavior
tell
them
the
impact
they're
having
on
others
in
their
community
and
ask
them
if
they
would
stop
it.
There
are
many
ways
to
support
your
community
thinking
about
our
elders
and
being
considerate.
A
A
considerate
neighbor
is
certainly
a
good
start.
I
also
want
to
close
by
talking
about
the
overwhelmingly
positive
things
I
young
people
are
doing
here
in
Boston.
The
Boston
Public
School
community
has
done
an
incredible
job.
Adapting
to
these
unprecedented
disruptions.
It's
certainly
been
an
all-hands-on-deck
teachers
and
staff
principals,
administrators
bus
drivers
monitors.
Everybody
has
been
part
of
the
conversation
and
helping
us
with
solution.
Everyone's
working
to
help
distribute
meals,
deliver
technology,
reach
out
to
our
students
and,
last
but
definitely
not
least,
our
students
and
our
families
have
been
part
of
this
as
well.
A
Many
Boston
students
face
tough
challenges
more
than
any
other
district
in
the
country
we
have
students
working
to
support
their
families,
students
who
have
immigrated
here
still
learning
English
students
with
disabilities.
We
just
need
the
sub
right
supports
to
shine
every
time.
I
talk
to
a
parent,
a
teacher
or
principal
or
the
superintendent
I
hear
another
story
of
resilience.
A
I
want
to
share
one
from
the
Henderson
inclusion,
inclusion
school
in
Dorchester
principal,
patricia
Lampron
and
teachers
and
staff
and
students
at
the
industry
in
Henderson
are
a
model
community
Tony
maws,
a
Franklin
is
a
member
of
the
class
of
2020
she'll,
be
studying
at
the
Ben
Franklin
Institute
of
Technology
and
the
maths
mass
art
next
year.
Tony
has
been
passionate
about
art
ever
since
she
started
using
it
to
communicate
when
our
autism
left
her
temporarily
unable
to
speak
for
her
senior
portfolio
at
the
Henderson.
A
She
created
a
collection
of
poems
and
artworks
about
the
Cova
cry
her
last
piece
of
the
drawing
of
herself
at
her
senior
prom,
a
problem
that
never
happened
because
of
the
pandemic.
It's
the
picture
she's
looking
through
to
mess
a
masquerade
mask
from
the
prom
and
the
surgical
mask
to
keep
her
safe.
She
wrote
and
I
quote.
This
is
an
example
of
how
I
see
the
real
world
through
my
own
eyes.
I
just
want
to
show
you
the
picture
that
she
did.
A
Tony
I,
think
you're,
watching
and
I
want
to
say
thank
you
and
to
the
entire
class
of
2020
for
showing
us
how
to
see
the
world
through
your
eyes
whether
your
arts,
your
science
or
your
activism
and
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
graduates
for
their
incredible
work
here
in
Boston
and
throughout
the
Commonwealth.
With
that,
I
will
open
up
to
questions.
B
A
Right
now,
I'm
gonna
I
will
I
will
address
it.
We
are
having
meetings
right
now.
The
question
is
I
would
say
that
I'm
gonna
reallocate
some
of
the
funds
from
police
and
can
I
get
specifically
right
now
and
I
can't
get
specifically
right
now
because
we're
in
the
process
right
now
of
reworking
the
budget
just
so
everyone
understands
right
around
February
we
put
a
budget
together
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
then
we
submit
it
to
the
City
Council
in
early
April.
A
The
issue
of
kovat,
which
is
really
front
and
center
we're
looking
at
a
roughly
65
million
to
an
80
million
reduction
in
the
budget
on
top
of
what's
happening
because
of
loss
of
revenue.
Here
in
the
city,
so
I
can't
get
I.
Don't
have
specifics
for
you
right
now
we're
in
the
midst
of
putting
our
budget
together.
A
Yeah
I
mean
certainly
we
don't
condone
any
vandalism
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
that
needs
to
stop
we're
going
to
be
taking
the
statue
down
this
morning,
putting
into
storage
to
assess
the
damage
of
the
statue.
The
step
that
this
particular
statue
has
been
subject
to
repeated
vandalism
here
in
Boston
and
given
the
conversations
that
we're
certainly
having
right
now
in
our
city
of
Boston
and
throughout
the
country.
We're
also
going
to
take
time
to
assess
the
historic
meaning
of
the
statue,
so
I'm
going
to
leave
it
with
that.
A
Yeah
the
question:
the
question
was:
what
do
I
see
as
my
priority,
maybe
for
the
school
for
the
police
budget,
and
are
we
going
to
be
tackling
some
of
the
issues
that
have
have
been
discussed
over
the
last
couple
days?
And
the
answer
is:
we
are
having
a
meeting
today
with
with
police
and
budget
to
talk
about
their
budget.
A
Quite
honestly,
since
I've
been
mayor
of
Boston,
I
have
continually
talked
about
equality.
I've
talked
about
investment
in
the
policing
when
I
became
mayor
in
price
and
me
became
a
man.
I
talked
about
reforming
the
police
department
and
in
2015
we
want
to
work
with
that.
One
of
the
first
things
we
did
was
making
sure
and
I
committed
I
made
this
commitment
during
during
the
campaign
for
mayor
in
2013
that
the
command
staff
would
reflect
the
community
and
we
kept
that
promise.
We
reinstituted
the
cadet
program.
We've
worked
on
diversity,
we
have.
A
A
Floyd's
murder,
I
think
it
really
puts
a
real
urgency
to
have
even
a
deeper
look
at
our
practices
and
how
we
handle
ourselves
on
what
reviews
look
like
I
mean
I,
can
stand
here
and
tell
you
that
our
complaints
against
police
officers
that,
since
2013
adown
41
percent
complaints
against
excessive
use
of
force,
is
down
50%
our
arrested
down
10%
over
the
last
seven
years
and
that's
all
good
good
numbers.
But
that
doesn't
mean
that
we're
perfect
by
any
stretch
of
the
imagination
and
there's
a
lot
of
conversations
going
on
and
I
look
forward
to.
A
Think
people
need
to
understand
what
we've
done
in
Boston
as
far
as
performing
policing,
but
also
acknowledging
hearing
what
people
are
saying
that
some
people
feel
and
accurately
we
might
not
have
got.
We
probably
haven't
gone
far
enough.
So
we
have
to
have
those
conversations
dialogues
and,
in
this
I've
made
a
commitment.
I
made
a
commitment
right
here
at
this
podium
I
believe
was
last
Friday
to
do
that
and
I'm
committed
to
doing
that
and
I've
done
it
since
I've
been
mayor
of
Boston
and
before
that
I'll
come
this
way.
I'll
come
this
way.
C
A
A
The
question
is,
let
me
try
and
as
you
hear,
that
question
is
the
police
budget,
90
percent
personnel
related
cost,
and
this
does
looking
at
cutting
the
budget.
Reduced
per
would
layoffs
well,
we're
not
laying
off
in
the
city.
I
can
say
that
right
now,
even
with
the
potential
eighty
million
dollars
in
reductions
that
we
have
to
do
across-the-board
layoffs
is
not
at
the
top
of
the
list
in
any
department,
the
city,
that's
something
we're
not
going
to
do
and
I
think
that
you
know
what
I'm
hearing
is.
A
You
know,
I
think
what
I
heard
last
week
was
a
cut.
The
budget
reduce
the
budget,
take
the
police
all
the
time
away,
and
now
it
now,
the
conversations
are
coming
around
to
what
can
we?
How
can
we
potentially
take
some
of
the
money
in
the
police
department
and
redirected
towards
maybe
mental
health,
counseling
equity
training
things
like
that,
and
those
conversations
are
all
happening
right
now.
A
D
A
C
A
Yeah
the
question
is:
is
there
is
an
opportunity
to
to
enact
any
any
reform
in
the
city
without
the
CBA?
Actually,
I
would
probably
argue.
Most
of
the
reform
we
can
do
is
without
the
without
the
collective
on
agreement.
These
these
are
rules
and
regulations
for
the
department
that
that
we
could
do
I
mean
when
we
made
changes
in
2015.
A
None
of
we
didn't
have
to.
We
didn't
have
to
get
any
approval
at
all.
For
that
the
is
everyone
knows
my
labor
backgrounds,
the
the
unions
represent
the
workers
and
the
workers
work
for
the
city,
and
when
we
want
to
think
about
Institute
and
policy
and
changes
most
of
it
does
not
have
to
be
collective
bargain.
There
are
some
aspects
that
we
have
to
collect
the
bargain,
and-
and
we
will
do
that
if
we,
if
we
have
to
in
certain
areas
absolutely.
A
You
know
I
that
question
I
saw
that
the
other
day
I
have
not
had
a
conversation
about
that.
I
know
that
part
of
Fanueil
Hall
there's
a
history
there.
That's
that's
a
that's
a
very
bad
history
in
our
country
and
also
a
lot
of
great
things
happen
in
finial
Hall
about
the
the
route
not
to
rebirth,
but
the
growth
of
our
country
and
I
think
that
at
this
point,
I
have
not
engaged
in
any
conversations,
and
certainly
everything
is
on
the
table
of
conversations
about.
A
We're
gonna
have
a
conversation
inside
City
Hall
about
about
I
mean
cutting
the
budget.
Just
cutting
the
budget
doesn't
solve
anything.
Cutting
the
budget
budget
doesn't
deal
with
racism.
Cutting
the
budget
doesn't
deal
with
systemic
issues
that
doesn't
resolve
anything
I
think
that,
what's
what
I've
heard
and
I
heard
from
some
of
the
counselors
yesterday,
it's
not
just
about
cutting
the
budget
is
about.
How
do
we
redirect
some
of
the
money
potentially
into
other
areas
and
I?
Think
that
that's
that's
the
conversation
but
cutting
I
mean
people
have
come
out
against
cutting
budgets.
A
Bernie
Sanders
came
out
the
other
day
against
cutting
budgets.
It's
just
arbitrarily
cutting
budgets.
That's
not
the
answer,
in
my
opinion.
Moving
forward.
You
know
this
has
been
a
challenging
week
for
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
people,
including
myself
and
many
of
us,
and
what
what
I
find
that's
really
interesting.
I
was
on
a
call
last
night.
It
has
not
be
no
police
budgets,
but
I
was
on
a
call
last
night
with
some
venture
capital
firms
in
the
country,
and
they
wanted
me
to
speak
as
the
mayor
of
Boston.
A
The
call
was
set
up
before
George
Floyd
was
murdered
and
the
conversations
gonna
be
about
recovery
of
America.
If
you
will,
and
once
we
got
through
the
health
inequity
issue
of
health
Cova
issue,
the
conversation
switched
to
how
can
some
of
these
companies?
What
can
they
do
for
real
real
substantial
change?
And
it
was
interesting
because
the
conversations
are
still
happening
and
it's
important
for
us
not
to
lose
sight
of
that
that
that,
as
we
think
about
again,
I
know
it's
not
on
the
on
the
question
that
was
asked
me
about
policing.
A
A
No
I
may
be
Kovac,
I,
think
I.
Think
people
at
home,
I
was
talking
to
a
police
officer
today
and
I
think
we
make
an
assumption
that
these
fireworks
come
from
New
Hampshire
and
what
they
would
explain
to
me
was
some
of
these
fireworks
that
are
being
set
off.
They're
not
sold
in
New
Hampshire,
so
I
think
it's
something
bigger
than
that.
I
don't
know.
A
A
There
was
a
couple
of
the
Boston
Police
Department
have
seized
some
fireworks,
I
believe
the
other
night
in
Mattapan
in
Southie,
and
then
last
night
you
guys
were
reporting
on
a
big
firework
seizure
in
Malden
I
think
it
was
so
and
then
last
night
it
was
relatively
quiet.
So
I
don't
know
what
the
connection
is
usually
fireworks
that
July
3rd,
you
hear
them
the
4th
hearing
for
a
week
after
and
they
go
away.
A
Say
again,
no
I'm,
not
sure
I.
Just
think
that
this
is
that
there's
a
lot
going
on
right
now
and
I
think
fireworks.
Just
kind
of
I
mean
it
was
I
think
you
know
over
the
last
14
21
days
between
kovat
and
all
of
the
all
of
the
demonstrations
and
what
people
are
just
their
brains
are
consumed
with
I
think
the
fireworks
were
kind
of
on
the
back
burner
and
in
the
last
couple
days
people
like
wait
a
second.
These
things
are
annoying
and
they've
been
going
on
for
10
days
now.
C
A
Yeah
so
true
pop
question,
one
is
about
salaries
was
brought
up
at
the
C
Council
hearing
yesterday,
and
the
second
was
about
reports
on
on
the
protests
and
just
overall
reporting
on
the
salary
I
mean
that's.
The
City
Council
has
an
obligation
to
review
the
budget
and
to
vote
up
or
down
the
budget
that
they
feel
fit.
The
questions
that
they
ask
on
anybody's
salary,
for
that
matter,
should
be
asked
in
that
in
that,
in
that
setting,
I
can't
speak
directly
to
individual
salaries.
A
I
know
that
once
a
year,
the
paper
reports
The
Herald
reports,
people's
earnings.
Sometimes
those
earnings
are
retirements.
Sometimes
those
earnings
are
including
that
our
buyouts
I
can't
get
into
specific
cases
and
I
think
that
those
are
justifiable
questions
by
the
council
and
that's
quite
honestly,
their
job
and
responsibility
to
do
that
is
well,
was
mine
and
to
reduce
those
costs
we
constantly
have.
A
We
would
love
to
I,
would
love
to
as
mayor
reduce
overtime
costs
across
the
city
on
everything,
from
police
to
fire,
to
EMS
the
parks
recreation
all
across
the
board,
but
some
of
those
overtime
costs
are
at
the
request
of
the
community.
I'm
talking
in
general,
a
situation
now
because
people
expect
services
so
I
mean
I
can't
get
much
into
that.
A
As
far
as
the
report
goes
and
in
the
events
we
I
don't
think
the
police
have
had
a
chance
in
the
administration
of
the
chance
to
sit
down
and
review,
assess
every
single
night
because
we've
had
you
know,
we've
had
people
demonstrating
in
a
peaceful
way.
Thank
you
for
that
in
our
city
for
the
last
10
10
days
and
I.
Think
at
some
point
I
don't
think
at
some
point.
Those
conversation
will
be
had,
but
as
of
right
now
we
haven't
done
that.
A
It's
just
because
we're
constantly
you
know,
there's
a
lot
going
on
and
we're
still
just
to
remind
everyone
we're
still
in
the
middle
of
covert
19.
This
is
something
that's
still
here:
I
mean
more
than
75%
of
our
workforce
is
still
probably
working
from
home.
We
just
open
up
the
offices
last
week
and
there's
still
not
a
lot
of
people
in
Boston
I'm,
seeing
more
people
sprinkle
into
Boston,
but
this
a
lot
of
people
not
here
so
and
then
we
have
situations
like
the
fireworks
and
other
things
that
that
people
concern
them.
A
Yeah
I
mean
we're,
certainly
just
to
be
clear,
I
mean
on
the
body.
Camera
thing
we
didn't
have
body
cameras
in
Boston
two
years
ago.
No
officers
had
them
no
officers
wore
them.
We
didn't
have
them
as
the
part
of
a
policy
and
we
put
together
a
task
force
and
I
want
to
thank
the
members
of
task
force
because
their
recommendation
that
they
came
back
with
is
that
we
have
body
cameras
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
we
took
them.
A
We
took
that
recommendation
and
we've
we've
had
over
a
thousand
officers,
now
who've
been
trained
and
equipped
with
body
cameras
across
the
districts,
including
bikes
and
specialty
units
I'm,
certainly
fully
supportive
of
body
cameras
and
I.
Think
that,
as
we
continue
to
move
forward
here,
that
we're
still
working
on
the
technology
and
having
having
enough
technology
to
be
able
to
have
body
cameras
on
officers
for
two
three
shifts
so
I
think
a
lot
of
lot
of
offices
had
them
on
not
all
office
had
them
on
I
can't
get
into
the
specific.
A
Yeah,
it's
not
it's,
not
even
just
technology
catching
up,
but
just
making
sure
we
have
the
technology
for
the
officers,
because
you
have
a
camera
assigned
to
an
officer
and
and
there's
a
certain
battery
life
from
that
in
that
camera,
and
what
happens
is
question
about
overtime
here.
Is
that
often
times
to
fill
shifts
later
in
the
day
that
officers
might
have
called
in
sick?
We
can't
leave
that
unfilled.
So,
for
example,
in
an
office
space
you
have
ten
employees
working
three
call
in
sick.
A
Well,
you
can
still
move
your
office
forward,
seven
or
seven
workers
when,
when
a
police
department
has
ten
workers
going
on
a
shift
in
three
call
in
sick,
you
have
to
fill
those
tools,
three
slots
so
again,
so
the
cameras
we
are
working
on
that
process
right
now.
This
is
not
new.
This
isn't
because
of
the
protests
this
week.
A
This
is
something
that
many
of
you
have
asked
me
this
question
in
the
past,
not
and
we've,
given
you
the
answers
many
times
in
the
past,
and
if
you
go
back
and
look
at
some
of
the
answers
and
then
maybe
you
haven't
asked
me,
but
if
you
go
back,
look
some
of
the
answers.
The
answer
is
consistent
and
we'll
get
that
information
to
you.
B
A
A
To
some
degree
there
is
a
certification
there's,
a
probably
the
most
stringent
training
that
anyone
receives
for
a
job
is
that
first
responders
and
I
say
all
of
our
first
responders,
so
I'm
not
sure
what
the
certification
comes
with
I
would
be
more
interested
in
making
sure
the
training
is
consistent
across
the
Commonwealth
and
making
sure
that
if,
as
you
go
from
one
jurisdiction
to
another,
you
go
from
Boston
to
another
city.
The
training
for
offices
is
the
same.
A
A
I
think
where
he
did,
that
yeah
we
redo
that
yeah
yeah
did
tell
about
restaurants.
I
mean
I,
restaurants,
open
till
10:00,
we're
telling
you
stay
until
9:00.
It's
like
there's
a
natural
conflict
that
well
those
are
people
that
listen
to
the
curfew,
the
recommended
curfew,
all
right,
one
thank
you
have
a
great
day.