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Mayor Michelle Wu Wants to Change Boston. But Can Boston Change? - The New York Times

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“We can’t take only safe steps,” the groundbreaking mayor says, “that get us to maybe mediocre outcomes.”

When Michelle Wu became mayor of Boston just under a year ago, she was seen as a transformative figure — not only for what she represented as the first woman and first person of color to be elected as the city’s mayor but also for the progressive policies she hoped to pursue, like a civic Green New Deal, waiving fees for some public transportation and reinstating a form of rent control. When Wu took office, these lofty goals were complicated by circumstances both predictable and unforeseen, mundane and extraordinary. “I was sworn in and immediately was trying to navigate Boston through the Omi

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