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From YouTube: Mayor Walsh's Farewell Press Conference 3-22-21
Description
Mayor Walsh hosts his final press conference at Faneuil Hall before heading to Washington, D.C as the United States Secretary of Labor.
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Together,
the
council
president,
myself
and
our
teams
have
worked
diligently
to
ensure
a
smooth
transition
for
the
entirety
of
city
government.
I
said
our
teams,
we
are
no
longer
our
teams.
We
are
one
team
moving
forward
for
the
past
two
months.
I've
had
regular
meetings
and
conversations
with
the
council.
President
we've
held
extensive
planning
sessions.
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I
just
want
to
reflect
for
a
moment
on
what
being
mary
boston
has
meant
to
me
for
a
kid
who
grew
up
on
tattooing
dorchester
from
a
family
whose
parents
came
to
this
country
immigrated
to
this
country
being
elected
mayor
of
boston
was
a
dream
for
me.
Quite
honestly,
being
elected
state
representative
was
a
dream
for
me.
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We
are
number
one
in
the
nation
for
building
affordable
housing
number
one
in
the
nation.
We
cut
major
crime
every
year
and
reduce
arrest
every
year
as
well.
In
our
city,
we
increase
the
graduate
rate
in
the
boston
public
schools
by
nine
points.
We
set
a
new
record
this
year.
Thank
you,
dr
casilius,
for
your
incredible
leadership
in
our
schools.
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We
created
the
nation's
first
municipal
office
of
recovery
services
that
has
done
some
amazing
work
in
particular
this
last
year.
The
work
that
they've
done
this
year
alone
during
a
pandemic,
we've
created
a
new
system
to
end
homelessness
and
housed
over
2
300
people
that
were
homeless.
On
the
day
that
I
became
mayor
that
now
live
in
a
house.
Thank
you,
sheila
dillon.
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We
tackle
racial
justice.
We
change
boston's
reputation.
We
still
have
work
to
do.
We
begin
building
new
systems
to
achieve
equity
in
all
of
us
in
throughout
our
city.
We
know
this
have
worked.
We
know,
there's
work
to
be
done,
I'll
be
the
first
to
admit,
there's
work
to
be
done
and
we
need
to
continue
that
work.
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We
did.
We
did
all
of
this
while
managing
our
city
finances
responsibly,
to
ensure
a
strong
recovery
and
a
strong
future
for
our
city.
I
know
if
they're
here
emma
handy.
Thank
you
justin
stewart.
Thank
you.
For
my
entire
time.
As
mayor
seven
years,
we
had
a
triple
a
bond
rating,
the
entire
time
spending
this
last
year
we've
been
battling
a
global
pandemic.
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It's
also
been
proven
beyond
the
doubt
that
everything
I
believe
in
about
government,
public
service
and
democracy
has
surely
trone
has
truly
shown
its
true
colors.
When
faced
the
crisis
of
historic
proportions
we
stepped
up.
We
were
there
for
the
people
that
we
serve
especially
the
most
vulnerable.
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I
love
all
of
you.
You
do
amazing
work.
We
might
not
always
hear
about
the
work
you
do,
but
I
certainly
know
the
work
you
do
every
single
day,
keeping
our
city
great.
These
folks
work
in
every
single
department
from
the
front
lines
to
the
cabinet
as
brothers
and
sisters
in
service.
We
share
a
bond
that
can
be
and
never
will
be
broken.
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I
carry
with
me
their
hopes
and
dreams
as
they
take
on
this
new
role
in
my
last
meeting.
Actually
not
my
last
meeting,
I
was
texting
with
council
president
jamie
last
night.
I
texted
think
about
this.
For
a
minute,
a
little
girl
from
roxbury
is
about
to
be
married,
boston
and
her
response
was
think
about
this.
For
a
minute,
a
little
boy
from
dorchester
is
about
to
become
united
states.
Labor
secretary
of
the
united
states
of
america.
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I
also
want
to
end
before
I
take
questions,
because
I'm
excited
about
this.
I
haven't
taken
questions
in
two
months.
I
want
to
thank
you,
the
press.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
covering
everything.
Sometimes
some
of
us
had
rocky
roads
and
maybe
some
tough
arguments
on
the
phone,
but
you
get
the
news
out
to
people
throughout
this
entire
pandemic.
You
have
kept
people
informed.
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Lastly,
I
want
to
thank
the
people
that
are
here
at
faneuil
hall
because
of
covert
rules
and
regulations.
We
can't
have
a
full
haul,
so,
as
the
press
looks
around,
we
have
right
now
59
people
in
this
room,
and
I
want
to
thank
them
all
for
being
here.
I'd
love
to
call
you
all
out
each
and
every
one
of
you
for
the
work
you've
done
and
those
that
used
to
work
for
me,
but
I
can't
because
it
wouldn't
be
fair
with
that.
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Think
the
the
field
is
not
set
yet.
Obviously,
so
you
have
to
wait
till
the
field.
I
don't
want
to
speak
too
early,
but
tomorrow's
a
historic
day,
tonight's,
a
historic
night
at
nine
o'clock.
My
resignation
will
go
into
effect
at
nine
o'clock
tonight
and
at
901,
kim
janey
will
be
the
acting
mayor
of
the
city
of
boston
and
history
will
be
made
tonight
at
nine
o'clock.
I
think
that
it'll
be
a
great
race.
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I
think
that
you
know
a
lot
of
work
has
been
done.
I
don't
think
it's
going
to
be
my
administration
or
the
next
administration,
or
maybe
even
one
administration.
After
that,
that
will
be
able
to
say
the
work's
complete.
The
work
will
never
be
complete.
It
should
never
be
complete.
We
have
to
continue
to
evolve
and
move
forward.
So
there's
still
lots
of
work
to
do
here
in
boston.
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In
the
midst
of
that,
we
had
put
a
disparity
study
out
there
to
to
look
at
the
hiring
numbers.
We
knew
the
numbers
were
bad.
We
knew
they
weren't
great,
but
the
disparity
study
gives
us
a
roadmap
on
how
we
how
we
get
to
better
numbers.
I
signed
an
executive
order
a
couple
weeks
ago
that
will
help
the
next
administration
council
janey's
administration
to
be
able
to
achieve
those
goals,
do
a
better
get
better
in
those
goals.
We
still
have
lots
of
work
to
do,
though,.
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My
organization's
everywhere
they're
all
over
the
place,
I
mean
people,
people,
I
think,
there's
everyone
running
probably
has
somebody
that
was
my
from
my
so-called
organization.
I
think
back
in
the
old
days.
Maybe
when
there
was
wood
bosses
that
worked,
I
think
you
know,
I
think
we
proved
in
2013
having
organizations
support.
You
doesn't
really
necessarily
help.
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Except
every
election
in
boston's
historic,
but
this
one
has
a
little
more
little
more
a
little
more
emphasis
to
it.
Absolutely
because,
right
now,
again,
the
way
the
field
is
set.
We
it's
going
to
be
a
first
we're
going
to
have
a
first,
so
kim
janey
is
the
first
african-american
mayor
of
boston's
history.
If
she
chooses
to
run
I'm
not
sure
what
she's
going
to
do
yet
or
whoever
wins.
There's
going
to
be
history
made
there.
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I
think
I
don't
know
if
I
can
put
a
signature
achievement
on
I'm
really,
I'm
really
happy
with
our
accomplishments
in
housing.
I'm
really
happy.
We
inherited
a
housing
crisis
in
our
city,
I'm
really
happy
with
creating
2300,
homeless
people
formerly
homeless
people
living
in
a
home
tonight
today,
when
we
had
to
shut
down
long
island
bridge
in
some
ways
that
was
a
blessing,
as
I've
said
later,
that
we
we
created
a
different
system
of
delivering
services
to
homeless
people.
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We
created
the
office
for
recovery
services,
we
made
100
million
investments
in
our
schools
and
and
dr
casilius
has
been
superintendent
for
two
years
and
we
have
the
highest
graduation
rate
in
the
history
of
the
city.
So
there's
a
lot
of
there's
a
lot
of
good
good
good.
I
wouldn't
call
it
legacy
a
lot
of
things,
I'm
proud
of,
and
probably
a
whole
bunch
of
other
things
failures.
I'll
leave
that
for
other
people
to
criticize.
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I
still
think
my
mother
thinks
the
biggest
news
I
ever
told
was
when
I
was
running
for
mayor.
You
know,
she's
excited
she's
excited
about
it.
I
think
we're
all
a
little,
you
know
excited
and
you
know
not
sure
what
the
the
future
brings.
So
I
know
that
for
my
mother's,
my
mother
got
a
call
about
a
month
ago
from
a
person
who
actually
drove
her
to
the
airport
when
she
was
17
years
old
in
ireland
and
she
didn't
know,
this
person
was
still
alive.
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A
Council
president
janie
knows
what
the
priorities
in
the
city
of
boston
are
she's,
been
working
on
them
for
a
long
time
as
a
city
councilor
and
then,
as
president
council,
I
just
wanted
to.
We
shared
all
the
information,
and
you
know
that's
that's
gonna
be
for
her
legacy
and
what
she
wants
to
do,
but
she's
gonna,
she's
gonna
be
fine.
It's
gonna
be
good.
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For
me,
I
would
loved
to
build
long
island
bridge,
but
we're
not
giving
up
on
that
one.
I
think
that
would
have
been
awesome
to
do,
but
that's
neither
there
there's,
there's
lots
of
things
I
like
to
do.
But
again
you
know
the
last
three
mayors
kevin
white
served
16
years
in
the
city,
rayflynn
served
10
tom
menino
served
20..
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I
did
seven,
so
I
think
that
you
know
you
do
what
you
can
in
that
time
and
I'm
proud
of
I'm
proud
of
the
accomplishments
that
my
administration
has
done
in
the
city,
because
it's
not
my
accomplishments.
It's
the
people.
I
work
with
accomplishments
and
that's
honestly,
how
I
feel
everyone
works
so
hard
in
the
city
of
boston
every
single
day
to
do
amazing
things
and
and
it's
their
accomplishments,
whether
it's
a
aaa
bond
rating,
whether
it's
you
know,
plowing
streets,
whether
whatever
it
is
emptying
barrels
whatever
it
is.
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Have
to
check
and
see
how
this
gig
is
when
I
do
get
there,
but
you
know
I
was
saying
a
little
while
ago.
This
reminds
me
of
the
night
that
I
gotta
like
the
mirror
of
boston.
I
was
just
everyone
around
me:
was
singing
and
crying
and
hugging
and
jumping
up
and
down
I
just
kind
of
sat
there
like,
oh,
my
god,
what'd
I
get
myself
into
and
a
little
bit
of
that
I
mean.
I
think
that
this
has
been
a
very,
very
bittersweet.
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Am
I
going
to
run
for
office
again?
I
don't
know,
god
only
knows
I
didn't
expect
to
be
secretary
of
labor,
so
I
don't
know
what's
going
to
happen,
I
I
mean
I'm
not
going
to
rule
anything
out,
but
it's
trust
me.
It's
not
top
of
mind
right
now.
It's
not
in
my
head,
like
I'm,
not
thinking.
Oh
I'm
going
to
come
back
and
do
this.
That's
not
in
my
brain
right
now
at
all.
Not
none
of
that
at
all.
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I
you
know
I
just
want
to
do
the
best
job
I
can
do
for
the
american
people.
There's
lots
of
work
to
do
in
washington
dc.
There's
lots
of
work
to
do
around
workplace
safety.
There's
lots
of
work
to
do
around
unemployment.
There's
lots
of
work
to
do
about
workforce
development.
There's
lots
of
work
to
do
around
a
whole
bunch
of
different
issues.
So
I'm
not
going
to
be
distracted
thinking
about
what's
next.
For
me,
I
want
to
do
the
best
job
I
can
for
the
the
the
people
of
the
united
states.
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Oh
yeah,
I
was
running,
I
had
a
whole
team
of
people
and
consultants
and
the
whole
the
whole
deal.
We're
we're
we're.
We
order
new
bumper
stickers
too.
So
if
you
want
a
bumper
stick,
we're
gonna
be
good
good
price
on
it.
I
don't
know
mighty
well
for
a
second
there's
like
two
on
cars.
Right
now
I
went
back
to
old
school.
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Yeah,
that's
unfortunate.
I
was
hoping
to
get
that
done
before
I
left.
We,
we
hired
an
outside
firm
to
look
at
the
whole
picture
of
what
happened
there
clearly
doing
a
very
thorough
job.
I've
talked
to
council
janie
about
that
as
well.
I
would
have
hoped
that
we
would
have
had
that
wrapped
up
before
now,
so
we
could
make
a
decision
to
move
forward,
but
unfortunately
it
wasn't
now.
A
I
could
have
said
to
the
legal
team
wrap
it
up
and
let's
get
it
done,
but
the
the
investigation
would
have
been
thorough
and
then
there
would
have
been
holes
poked
in
it.
So
I'm
confident
that
that
in
the
next
couple
weeks
will
be
wrapped
up
myself
and
council.
President
janie
have
been
many
conversations.
No,
not
many.
We've
had
several
conversations
about
the
situation
and
now
we'll
wait
to
see
what
happens.
A
I
grew
up
here
I
mean
it's,
I
think
about
my
father,
my
mother,
I
think
about
you,
know
them
coming
here
from
ireland
to
boston
and
and-
and
you
know
their
first
house
they
bought
was
on
tap
street.
My
mother
still
lives
in
that
house.
I
think
about
growing
up
in
the
neighborhoods.
I
grew
up
in
and
lived
in.
I
think
about
the
people
I
represent,
I
think
about
all
the
kids
and
the
families
I've
seen,
I
think
about
all
the
people
that
we've
tried
to
make
an
impact
on.
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I
think
about
my
co-workers,
the
people
I
work
with
every
single
day
who,
who
I
truly
love,
they're
amazing.
I
think
about
all
the
young
people
that
that
that
you
know
we've
been
able
to
work
and
get
them
into.
We
haven't
done
it
they've
done
it
themselves,
but
moving
to
higher
positions
and
doing
that
stuff.
I
think
about
all
the
impacts
we've
made
in
the
life
and
I
think
about
the
impacts
they've
made
in
my
life.
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Yeah
we
did
a
lot
of
going
down
the
path,
though
we
did
the
first
master
plan
in
in
about
50
years.
In
imagine,
boston
2030..
We
during
the
campaign
for
mayor
in
2013
people
criticizing
the
bra
saying
that
they're,
not
a
planning
agency,
they're,
just
a
development
agency.
They
were
planning
agency.
Now
they
have
more
planners
now
than
any
other
period
in
the
history
of
the
city,
they're,
actually
planning
more
parts
of
the
city
than
ever
before.
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They're
actually
doing
amazing
work,
we're
planning
in
charlestown
we're
planning
in
east
boston,
we're
planning
and
we're
planning
in
downtown
we're
planning
all
over
the
place,
they're
doing
amazing
work
and
planning.
So
we've
revamped
the
boston
planning
development
agency.
We
came
up
with
an
aggressive
plan
for
housing
to
create
53
000
units
of
new
housing
by
the
year
2030.
we
shattered
that
number
we've
gone
beyond
that
number.
A
We
talked
about
wanting
to
be
fiscally
responsive,
responsible,
we're
able
to
settle
contracts
without
having
to
go
to
arbitration.
I
sell
two
firefighter
contracts:
a
police
contract.
I
settled
all
the
contracts
that
responsible,
so
we've
done
a
lot
a
lot
of
what
we
planned
on.
I
haven't
looked
and
said
this
is
what
we
said:
we're
going
to
do
this,
what
we're
going
to
do,
but
we
accomplished
when
I
say
this,
we
collectively
accomplished
a
lot
of
what
we
set
out
to
accomplish
in
2013.
B
A
A
great
thing
I
mean
it's
an
opportunity,
I
mean
you
know
I
think
about
you
know
you
think
about
go
back
120
years
ago.
The
mayors
of
boston
might
have
looked
the
same,
but
they
were
from
whole
different
political
backgrounds
and
then
they
changed,
and
I
think
that
you
know
our
city.
Boston
is
a
city
that
we're
an
international
city.
I've
said
it
before
we're
extremely
diverse
city,
from
different
backgrounds
and
different
nationalities
and
skin
colors,
and
I
think
it's
it's
a
good
thing
for
our
city.
A
I
mean,
I
think,
it's
a
great
thing
for
our
city.
I
think
that
you
know
many
years
ago.
I
think,
20
years
ago,
everyone's
talking
about
the
new
boston,
there's
no
such
thing
as
new
boston,
it's
an
evolving
boston
and
we
constantly
evolve
and
boston's
evolving
again
in
2021
we're
making
another
evolution.