This morning, with @police.boston.gov Commissioner Michael Cox and Senior Advisor for Community Safety Dr. Isaac Yablo, we reflected on the strategies that made Boston the safest major city in America this year. 1/8 - ThreadSky

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mayorwu.boston.gov • 80 days ago

This morning, with @police.boston.gov Commissioner Michael Cox and Senior Advisor for Community Safety Dr. Isaac Yablo, we reflected on the strategies that made Boston the safest major city in America this year. 1/8

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mayorwu.boston.gov•80 days ago

Safety is more than the absence of violence. It’s about creating a sense of belonging and opportunity for all residents.

This year, we have:

🤝 Provided a paid summer job to more than 10,000 young people.

🌳 Reopened eight parks (and 20 since we took office in 2021). 2/8

mayorwu.boston.gov•80 days ago

👪 Nearly doubled the number of Boston Pre-K and childcare seats in community-based settings to serve more than 1,500 three- and four-year olds — creating nearly 400 jobs for early educators. 3/8

mayorwu.boston.gov•80 days ago

✏️ Achieved a decrease of 4.4% in chronic absenteeism and a decrease of nearly 8% over the last two years in https://bostonschools.boston.gov — along with an increase in enrollment for the first time in the last decade. 4/8

mayorwu.boston.gov•80 days ago

🌇 Created thousands of good-paying jobs for residents through programs like our SPACE grants, life science workforce initiative, and Greater Boston Climate and Coastal Resilience Workforce that lift up our small and big businesses alike. 5/8

mayorwu.boston.gov•80 days ago

✍️Doubled the number of contracts awarded to businesses owned by women and people of color in just the first full year of our sheltered market program. 6/8

mayorwu.boston.gov•80 days ago

📉 Seen a decline in incidents of gun violence and in the number of people directly impacted by gun violence for the fourth consecutive year — with 2024 marking Boston’s lowest year for incidents of gun violence since we began tracking this data more than a decade ago. 7/8

clownparty0000.bsky.social•75 days ago

It doesn’t seem safe at all.

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