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Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the City of Boston is now serving adults, in addition to children and youth, at six meal sites in East Boston, Dorchester, South Boston, Roxbury, Mattapan, and Brighton...
The City is partnering with community health centers to increase access to testing.
Our enhanced language capacity will target more than 37 percent of Boston residents that speak another language at home.
Tomorrow at noon, the City will deploy seven Boston Public Works trucks with sound equipment to broadcast a message about COVID-19: stay home as much as you can, wash your hands often, cover your face...
The free platform connects older, at-risk individuals with volunteers in their community.
Residents were arrested, tomatoes were thrown, furniture was tossed into the street. In a David-and-Goliath-esque standoff, a small Allston neighborhood banded together to save their community from...
There are 28 Exempt Emergency Childcare Centers operating in the City of Boston.
At this time it is absolutely imperative that all of us adhere to public health guidelines so that we can succeed in flattening the curve.
Boston Public Schools (BPS) have been closed for one month in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and education has been administered remotely.
April is recognized as National Arab American Heritage Month across the United States to celebrate the Arab American heritage and culture, and pay tribute to the contributions of Arab Americans.
Hi, I’m Kenzie Bok, the District 8 City Councilor and the Chair of Ways and Means. City budget season is now here!
In Fiscal Year 2019, the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) received and conducted screening and reviews on more than 95,000 reports of allegations of child abuse or neglect.
In January 2017, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service Agency, launched phase one of their Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Online Purchasing Program with select...
This week, the Council adopted a resolution offering their continual support to immigrant communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mayor Walsh and the Fund Steering Committee announced the distribution of an additional $1.7 million in funds to support 18 organizations.
A weekly message from Commissioner McCosh in support of the local disability community.
Every year on One Boston Day (April 15), the City of Boston comes together to celebrate resiliency, unity, and kindness.
The day is an opportunity to honor those who were lost in the tragic events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon, and reflect on the resilience Bostonians showed in the aftermath.
Below you will find information on interfaith times for prayer and reflection hosted by houses of worship throughout the City in honor of One Boston Day.
We have information about housing resources in the City of Boston amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, interest in public health and child welfare grew.
Councilors Bok and Essaibi-George introduced a resolution calling on property owners with vacancies to immediately rent to families with Housing Choice Vouchers.
As required by the City Charter, Mayor Walsh must transmit each year’s budget to the City Council on the second Wednesday of April.
The City Council voted to adopt the resolution filed by Councilors Essaibi-George and O'Malley in support of S.2602 and H.4611.
A recent move by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior would dis-establish the reservation of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and take their 300 acres of land out of federal trust.
This week, the Council voted to adopt a resolution offered by Councilor Mejia on shifting the narrative of Bostonians away from deficit-based descriptors, and affirming resilient, yet underrepresented...
The Council voted to adopt a resolution filed by Councilors Essaibi-George and Janey in support of staff at Boston colleges and universities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This week, the City Council adopted a resolution urging the City of Boston to prioritize mental health in the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Task Force will provide guidance on addressing current inequities in data analysis, testing sites, and healthcare services for Asians, Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans and Indigenous people, and...
Twelve of the largest housing lenders in Boston will offer at least three months of deferred mortgage payments for homeowners who contact them and demonstrate they have been financially impacted by...
