Preparing our city to achieve its destiny will require strong leadership.

Boston is known for its innovation.

In the 1990s, we introduced Boston's community policing strategy. We reversed the tide of violent crime that threatened our city, and we established a national model for preventing and fighting crime.

We must be vigilant in our actions towards criminals, and innovative in our approach towards solving crime.

I brought together experts from health care, business, academic institutions, and the community to develop a comprehensive blueprint for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care in the City of Boston.

He was a man of great statue

The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor.