Boston Mayoral Candidates Clash over City Budget, Housing and Transit in First Forum

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Josh Kraft clash over cars, city finances in first mayoral forum

Should Boston continue to reduce its dependence on cars? Mayor Michelle Wu says yes, while her main opponent in the mayoral race Josh Kraft says no. How their prospective mayoral administration for the next four-year term would approach transportation in the city provided one the starkest contrasts, and punchiest exchanges, between Wu and Kraft in their first head-to-head matchup in a mayoral forum that was held Thursday night. The question pitc…

Boston mayoral candidates clash over city budget, housing and transit in first forum

The race to be Boston’s next mayor is now in full swing as candidates faced off for the first time Thursday night.During the first mayoral candidate forum of the 2025 campaign, four candidates — Mayor Michelle Wu, nonprofit leader Josh Kraft and community activists Domingos DaRosa and Alex Alex—shared their plans for the city on a number of hot topics, including housing, immigration, public safety, transportation and schools.

City finances top of mind in early days for Boston mayoral candidates

FOUR YEARS AGO around this time, mayoral candidates in Boston and elsewhere found themselves staring at computer screens and pitching themselves to voters who were considering who should succeed Marty Walsh as the city’s next chief executive. The Covid pandemic that drove changes to public and political life may have dissipated, but its ripple effects were still felt in the issues that came up at a Thursday night forum, when Mayor Michelle Wu sa…

Wu and Kraft face off in first candidate forum of this year’s Boston mayoral race - The Boston Globe

Mayoral candidates Domingos DaRosa and Alex Alex also participated in the forum, hosted by 11 of the city's Democratic Ward Committees.

Wu, Kraft engage in feisty first mayoral forum

Cassidy McNeeley, Reporter StaffThe scene at the mayoral candidates' forum on Thurs., May 15 at Suffolk University. From left: Alex Alex, Domingos DaRosa, Josh Kraft, Michelle Wu, Saraya Wintersmith. Cassidy McNeeley photo Candidates weigh-in on re-use of Carney Hospital site Mayor Michelle Wu and her main challenger Josh Kraft shared the stage for the first time in the 2024 mayoral campaign cycle last night at a forum organized by 11 Boston Dem…

In forum, Wu opposes elected school committee, Kraft calls for prioritizing road repair over new bike lanes

Alex, DaRosa, Kraft, Wu on stage at forum. Four mayoral candidates met for the first time in a forum last night sponsored by Democratic ward committees from across Boston. Among the key differences: Incumbent Michelle Wu, who said in 2021 she was in favor of a "hybrid" school committee with both elected and appointed members now wants to retain the authority to appoint all its members.  "With so much disruption and so much that our school commun…