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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭
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BPS mom, daughter of immigrants, and MBTA commuter working to make Boston a home for everyone.
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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 11d
We’re fighting to lower residential property taxes in Boston and need your help.

Go to malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator to contact your state legislators and call on them to pass our plan for tax relief.
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Boston is the safest major city in the country because of the hard work and collaboration of our public safety teams.

This morning, I was proud to stand beside the leaders who have made Boston a shining example for the rest of the country and report on the incredible work happening across our city.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Join @boston.gov public safety teams live now as we provide updates on our work this past year.
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Live soon — @mayorwu.boston.gov joins @police.boston.gov, @fire.boston.gov, @ems.boston.gov, and the Community Safety team (@publichealth.boston.gov) to share updates on their efforts to make Boston the safest major city in the country.
Public Safety Press Conference - December 15, 2025
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December 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Boston is ready for winter thanks to 500+ workers who keep our neighbors safe & warm. 🙏
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Today, @mayorwu.boston.gov announced that the City has converted the Hillcrest in Roslindale into permanently affordable housing through the Acquisition Opportunity Program and the Boston Acquisition Fund. Additionally, First Citizens Bank announced a new $1 million contribution to the Fund!
December 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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We celebrated with neighbors across all of Boston this weekend, lighting Christmas trees and ringing in the holiday season on our Enchanted Trolley Tour! ✨🌲🚂
Mayor Wu, holding baby Mira, smiles for a photo with Mr. and Mrs. Claus, city staff, and families. Three children smile and hug Mayor Wu speaks into a microphone to an audience on stage while holding baby Mira A crowd celebrates the holiday season. White confetti falls from the sky and holiday lights decorate trees. Mayor Wu and baby Mira can be seen in the center.
December 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Let it snow! Our @boston.gov departments are prepared to keep our streets, neighbors and communities safe this winter. ❄️
A graphic with an image of a backhoe construction vehicle in front of a large pile of salt. Text reads: Boston has 37,000 tons of salt. Plus 175 pieces of in-house snow clearing equipment and another 800 pieces ready to be deployed on Boston roads during larger storms."
December 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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With the colder weather, we want to make sure we're all looking out for one another.

Check out the thread below to learn about our resources for people who may be experiencing homelessness or vulnerable individuals. (1/4)
Blue background with a photo of two people walking up a hill with white text overlaying that reads, "We all have a role to play in caring for our neighbors and community." Below in larger text reads, "If you see a neighbor experiencing homelessness or a vulnerable individual out in the cold who appear immobile, disoriented, or underdressed for the cold, please call 911." The Boston Public Health Commission and City of Boston logos are at the bottom.
December 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Answering questions now and through the day!
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Because of a state law, residential property owners in Boston are projected to face a 13% tax spike next year.

Meanwhile, corporations will pay their lowest share of property taxes in 43 years.

I’m hosting an AMA on Reddit about our plan to protect homeowners and deliver residential tax relief.
From the boston community on Reddit: Mayor Wu here! AMA about the fight to keep residential property taxes from spiking next year under state law
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December 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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🌲🚋 Getting ready for Day 2 of the Mayor’s Enchanted Trolley Tour, our Street Lighting Division is busy stringing festive lights on holiday trees across the city.

For a full list of neighborhood trolley stops for Sunday, December 7: www.boston.gov/departments/...
A Public Works crew uses a lift to string lights on a large outdoor Christmas tree in Boston A Public Works crew uses a lift to string lights on a large outdoor Christmas tree in Boston A Public Works crew uses a lift to string lights on a large outdoor Christmas tree in Boston
December 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Because of a state law, residential property owners in Boston are projected to face a 13% tax spike next year.

Meanwhile, corporations will pay their lowest share of property taxes in 43 years.

I’m hosting an AMA on Reddit about our plan to protect homeowners and deliver residential tax relief.
From the boston community on Reddit: Mayor Wu here! AMA about the fight to keep residential property taxes from spiking next year under state law
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December 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Happy 110th Birthday, Ms. Beatrice Busby! 🎂
December 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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The Tree for Boston is lit! Thank you to our friends at @nsgov.bsky.social for this wonderful gift!
The Tree for Boston illuminated in Christmas lights on the Boston Common with Mayor Michelle Wu, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, Santa Clause, children, and many others on stage celebrating.
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Boston Mayor's Office Statement on Property Value Certification
Text: Boston Mayor's Office Statement on Property Value Certification We thank the MA Department of Revenue for their diligent work at this time of year to certify property valuations for all the municipalities across the Commonwealth. Now that the valuations for Boston’s 180,000+ parcels have been confirmed, we can say with certainty that unless the state legislature takes action on Boston’s residential tax relief home-rule petition, the average single family homeowner’s tax bill will go up by another 13% next year, with many households having even higher increases than the average. This will mean that under state law, Boston residents will have seen their taxes go up by 34% since 2023, with eight straight years of increases over 5%. This is unacceptable and deeply destabilizing for our residents and for the businesses they run, work in, and shop at. We urge swift passage of this legislation before tax bills go out in January. Followed by the Mayor Michelle Wu wordmark
December 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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It’s tiiiiiime ✨

We’ll see you this weekend for Boston’s annual Enchanted Trolley Tour! Visit boston.gov/enchantedtrolley to see when the Trolley is coming to your neighborhood.
An image of Mayor Wu switching a "Happy Holidays" lever on next to Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus on the Enchanted Trolley. Text reads: Mayor Michelle Wu's Enchanted Trolley Tour and Tree Lightings. Saturday, December 6 & Sunday, December 6. boston.gov/enchanted-trolley An image with a green background and details of the Enchanted Trolley stops written. An image of Santa and Mrs. Claus with several children is at the bottom. Text reads: Enchanted Trolley Tour and Tree Lightings Saturday, December 6. 11 a.m. Hastings Lot, West Roxbury 12 p.m. Wolcott Square, Readville 1 p.m. Mattapan Square 2 p.m. Hyde Square, Jamaica Plain 3 p.m. J.P. Monument, Jamaica Plain 3:45 p.m. Brigham Circle, Mission Hill 4:30 p.m. Bolling Building, Roxbury 5:45 p.m. Blackstone Square, South End 6:45 p.m. Oak Square, Brighton Sunday, December 7 12 p.m. Codman Square, Dorchester 1 p.m. Adams Corner, Dorchester 2 p.m. M Street Park, South Boston 3 p.m. Beach Street & Harrison Ave, Chinatown 4 p.m. Paul Revere Mall, North End 5 p.m. Winthrop Square, Charlestown 6:15 p.m. Maverick Square, East Boston
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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We’re fighting to lower residential property taxes in Boston and need your help.

Go to malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator to contact your state legislators and call on them to pass our plan for tax relief.
December 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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High housing costs are the greatest threat to our competitiveness and years of residential property tax increases compound this threat. I’m fighting to protect residents and stabilize taxes.

I just wrote to Boston's business community asking for their support of our residential tax relief plan. 🧵
Steve, Jim, Tamara, and Doug: I write with an update on this year’s City of Boston property tax valuations, following last year’s good faith effort to partner in delivering balanced, reasonable residential tax relief so that the businesses you represent would benefit from excellent city services and greater stability for the Boston residents who are your community, workforce, and customer base. As you recall, in early 2024, the City projected significant increases to residential taxes as a result of declining commercial values. We worked proactively to cushion this impact by proposing a revenue-neutral, temporary measure that Boston had successfully implemented in the past with legislative approval and business community support. Working together over weeks of negotiations, your organizations agreed to a three-year compromise, stating that you were “proud that we worked with Mayor Wu to reach a resolution that mitigates short-term property tax increases for residents while avoiding significant new burdens on commercial properties. ” The legislation was passed twice by the Boston City Council and the State House of Representatives, but ultimately did not receive a vote before the State Senate after being procedurally blocked by a single Senator. After that compromise was abandoned by your groups and the State Senate, Boston residents were left facing a significant tax increase, while the commercial share of the tax burden has never been lower. Your organizations suggested that the final property valuations were not as dire as the worst case scenarios presented, although they landed squarely within the range of estimates presented throughout the process. Your coalition had anchored the compromise to a shared goal of protecting residents from double-digit annual tax increases, targeting a threshold of 9% increases. Yet after you withdrew support for our compromise, the average single family homeowner had to bear a 10.4% increase (alt text limit reached) the average single family homeowner. This is why we proposed a five-year residential tax relief measure (compromising down to a three-year measure), anticipating that this multi-year transition would require multi-year protection for residents. With taxes for the average single family home projected to be up 34% from 2023 to 2026, Boston residents are facing serious financial hardship. Meanwhile, the tax bill for the average Class A office tower is projected to decrease by 4.4%, or $210,000. If the Legislature fails to act on our pending home-rule petition, the share of the City’s tax levy paid by commercial property owners will fall to 53.9%, the lowest level since Proposition 2½ passed 45 years ago. Residents will shoulder an even greater share of the tax levy, matching the predictions we made one year ago. We are all doing our part to ensure fiscal responsibility in uncertain times. In April, our administration put forward a constrained City budget that limited overall budget growth in FY26 to 4.4% (and just 1.7% growth for City departments), with reductions equivalent to 500 positions. As we prepare for another fiscal year with significant economic uncertainty, the City will continue to limit and further reduce expenditures in the upcoming budget cycle. The high cost of housing is the greatest threat to our regional and statewide competitiveness in today’s economy, and years of significant residential property tax increases compound this threat. Our administration has made historic progress on producing affordable housing units and boosting homeownership, reduced commercial vacancies, converted underutilized office space to housing, and invested our budget responsibly in city services and initiatives that have maintained our AAA bond rating and helped Boston consistently rank highly on quality of life indexes. However, allowing continued double-digit residential property tax increases threatens to weaken our economic prospects and our (alt text limit reached)
December 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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We’re celebrating the season all across Boston this weekend! Join us on the Enchanted Trolley in your neighborhood. 🚂✨ boston.gov/enchantedtrolley
December 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Joined B’nai B’rith Housing to cut the ribbon on the Logan Square Residences in Hyde Park – a new 63-unit affordable housing community for adults 55+. Another example of @mayorwu.boston.gov’s commitment to ensuring older adults can stay in and contribute to their communities.
December 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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🚧🦺 Colder temperatures aren’t slowing us down! Our Construction Management team and contractors are still out there making Boston streets smooth.

Recent work took place on North Harvard Street in Brighton, Pierpont Road in West Roxbury, and Revere Street and West Cedar Street in Beacon Hill:
Public Works crews are pictured resurfacing North Harvard Street in Brighton Pierpont Road in West Roxbury is pictured after being freshly resurfaced by the Public Works Department Public Works crews work to resurface Revere Street in Beacon Hill West Cedar Street in Beacon Hill is pictured after being freshly resurfaced by the Public Works Department
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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All aboard the Dorchester Trolley Tour 🚂

It was great to see everyone who came out this weekend to help set up Dorchester for the holiday season. Thanks to everyone who joined—including some special holiday guests!
Mayor Wu poses with a family in front of the trolley Mayor Wu smiles next to a child attendee Mr and Mrs Claus walk beside the trolley A crowd of attendees, performers, guests, and Mayor Wu pose for a photo
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Happy #SmallBusinessSaturday, Boston! 🛍️

Our neighborhoods thrive because of our small business community, and Small Business Saturday is a great time to show our appreciation!

Share what businesses you’re supporting today by tagging @oeoi.boston.gov in your posts with #SmallBizBos.
Mayor Wu smiles and holds a ribbon with three women. One of them holds a pair of scissors. Above them, text reads "Small Business Saturday - Shop small in Boston today."
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Carving turkeys, gathering with friends, and spreading joy this morning at St Francis House’s annual Thanksgiving celebration!
Mayor Wu carves a turkey in a St Francis House red apron beside three others. An aerial shot inside St Francis House shows multiple long tables with turkeys and people gathered around them. Mayor Wu, holding baby Mira, shakes hands with an event attendee. Mayor Wu, holding baby Mira, shakes hands with a St Francis House staff member.
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our @communityengagement.boston.gov teams and city and community partners, we packed and delivered more than 3,200 turkeys to families across Boston at this year’s annual Turkey Drive. 🦃
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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The Mattahunt Woods Urban Wild is restored and open!
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜

🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM