Boston City Council tenure of Ayanna Pressley

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Pressley at the 2012 East Boston Columbus Day Parade
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Pressley walks alongside Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Elizabeth Warren
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Pressley walks alongside Mayor Thomas Menino
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Pressley stands beside City Councilman John R. Connolly and City Council President Stephen J. Murphy

Upon being sworn in on January 4, 2010, Pressley was the first woman of color to serve in the 100-year history of the Boston City Council. [1] [22]

Boston's strong mayor form of government conventionally limited the impact that members of the council had on the city government. [23] However, part of Pressley's time on the City Council occurred during a period in which the council began to increasingly wield its power, with the body yielding less to the mayor than previous iterations of the council had in the preceding decades and making use of its subpoena powers for the first time in decades. [24] In December 2019, Milton J. Valencia of The Boston Globe opined that, under the City Council presidencies of Michelle Wu (in 2016 and 2017) and Andrea Campbell (beginning in 2018), the council had "been, perhaps, the most aggressive in recent history in pushing reforms, often to the left of the mayor, on issues addressing climate change and economic and racial equity." [25]

Pressley was regarded to be a high-profile figure on the council, [26] even acquiring some national accolades. [27] She received the "Rising Star" award from EMILY's List in 2015. [26] In 2016, Frank Bruni of The New York Times named Pressley as one of the United States', "14 Young Democrats to Watch". [28] Other recognition Pressley received included being named to Boston Magazine s "Power of Ideas" list in 2014 and "Power Players" list in 2015; being a 2014 Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce "Ten Outstanding Young Leaders" honoree; and receiving the Victim Right's Law Center's "Leadership Award" in 2014. [15]

Wu was a member of the council's liberal wing. Other members of this informal grouping included Michelle Wu and Lydia Edwards. [29] According to Erin O'Brien, a political science professor at University of Massachusetts Boston, Pressley did not have the reputation for being controversial or an outsider during her time on the City Council. [30] O'Brien, in 2018, observed that while some the city's "old guard" viewed Pressley as a "showboat" but that, "in many communities of color, she [was] viewed as incredibly exciting and voicing issues the council has ignored." [23] Lee Fang and Zaid Jilani of The Intercept opined that Pressley shifted her politics more leftwards when she ran for congress in 2018. [31]

In December 2011, Pressley voted to remove Councilor Chuck Turner from the City Council due to his October conviction for a felony bribery charge. Turner, who is black, had alleged that his conviction was racially motivated. Her vote to remove him from the City Council was seen as causing some backlash to her among the city's black community and was seen as creating political vulnerability for her. She would comment, on her vote, "I would have thought it cowardly to abstain..... I cast the ballot that I did because despite how hard it was, I thought it was the right thing to do in maintaining the integrity of the body and so as not to imperil my agenda." [32]

In 2014, Pressley made an unsuccessful last-minute bid for the presidency of the Boston City Council. She was defeated by Bill Linehan 13–5. [33]

Social issues

Pressley (far left) with fellow city councilor Tito Jackson, Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Elizabeth Warren, and Suffolk County Clerk of Courts Criminal Business Maura Hennigan at the Boston Caribbean Carnival parade in August 2012 DSC 0304 (7897504902) (1).jpg
Pressley (far left) with fellow city councilor Tito Jackson, Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Elizabeth Warren, and Suffolk County Clerk of Courts Criminal Business Maura Hennigan at the Boston Caribbean Carnival parade in August 2012

Pressley placed a strong focus to women's and children's issues. [34] [35] In her first year as a city councilor, Pressley formed the Committee on Healthy Women, Families, and Communities, which addressed issues such as domestic violence, child abuse, and human trafficking. [36] This is today known as the "Strong Women, Families and Communities Committee". [37]

In March 2011, Presley sparked a city dialogue on sexual assault after she, during a Council hearing, shared details of the rape she previously survived when she was attending Boston University. While she had previously been public about surviving both childhood sexual abuse and sexual assault as an adult, during the hearing she shared details she had previously been private about. While Pressley received gratitude from other survivors of sexual abuse, some critics accused Pressley of leveraging the story of her personal experience with it for political gain. [5]

In October 2011, Pressley and fellow Council member Tito Jackson sponsored a hearing investigating Massachusetts' anti-discrimination/public accommodation laws. [38]

In June 2014, the Boston City Council unanimously passed an ordinance Pressley coauthored with Councilor Michelle Wu, which prohibits its city government "from contracting with any health insurer that denies coverage or 'discriminates in the amount of premium, policy fees, or rates charged...because of gender identity or expression". This was ordinance was signed into law, and guarantees healthcare (including gender reassignment surgery, hormone therapy, and mental health services) to transgender city employees and dependents of city employees. Pressley declared, "We can't be a world-class city if anyone is made to feel like a second-class citizen." [39] [40]

Public schools

Pressley worked collaboratively with community members to develop a comprehensive sex education and health curriculum which was implemented in Boston Public Schools. [36]

Pressley was involved in revising and requiring the enforcement of policy for Boston Public Schools regarding pregnant and parenting students. [41] She worked with the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy to author the district's new Expectant and Parenting Students Policy, which was adopted by the Boston School Committee on June 4, 2014. This was the first update by the district to this policy since 1987. [42]

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Pressley in 2011

In 2016, Pressley published an op-ed in the Dorchester Reporter advocating for the city to fund full-time nurses and social workers in every school in the Boston Public Schools. [43] In July 2018, the council adopted a resolution authored by Pressley that expressed its support for the Parents' Bill of Rights that was created by Parenting Journey, a Somerville-based nonprofit. [44]

Pressley voted along with the majority of City Councilors to support resolution to voice the council's opposition to 2016 Massachusetts Question 2, a ballot measure which would have authorized the expansion of the number of charter schools in the state. The resolution was adopted in a 11–2 vote. Pressley remarked that she believed the passage of the ballot measure would cause a "divestment" of funds from public schools that would result in a "tsunami of devastation." [45]

Economic issues

In 2016 Pressley and Councilor Andrea Campbell introduced an ordinance that would have banned the use of credit scores to negatively assess job applicants and existing hires. [46] Pressley also proposed an amendment to the Boston Living Wage Ordinance which would have increased the standard for what the city considers to be a "living wage" for those working in service and security jobs. [47]

In 2017, the Council passed the Equity in City of Boston Contracts Ordinance, which was sponsored by Pressley and Councilor Michelle Wu. It required that the city create a supplier diversity program to conduct outreach to female and minority-owned businesses in regards to the city contracting process. It also required the city to actively solicit bids from at least one female-owned business and one minority-owned business for contracts under $50,000. It also created a quarterly reporting requirement for the city. [48]

Urban development

Pressley voiced criticism of what she felt was an excessive amount of luxury real estate development and lack of affordable housing in the city. [31] In 2015, Pressley joined fellow at-large councilors Michelle Wu and Stephen J. Murphy in opposing the proposed Lewis Wharf hotel development. [49] There were other occasions, however, where Pressley voted in favor of some luxury real estate developments in the city. [31] For example, in 2017 Pressley voted in support of a measure that would facilitate the $1.3 billion Winthrop Center development. Pressley justified her vote by citing a pledge by the developers to involve minority-owned businesses. [31] [50] It was reported by Lee Fang and Zaid Jilani of The Intercept that records indicate that Pressley later received campaign contributions amounting to $1,250 from the project's developers. [31]

Public safety

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Pressley with Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley in 2011

Pressley and fellow councilor Michelle Wu were credited as being the key figures that arranged for the Boston City Council to hold hearings on gun violence. [51] Pressley organized the first listening-only hearing in the City Council's history, in which the councilors listened to remarks by 300 families that had been impacted by homicide. [41]

After the Boston Marathon bombing terrorist attack in 2013, Pressley worked connect those impacted with assistance. [52]

Pressley led an effort to pass an ordinance requiring municipal trucks to have side guards to protect cyclists. [53] [54] She worked with Mayor Marty Walsh on an ordinance requiring it, [54] which was passed unanimously by the City Council in November 2014. [55]

Liquor licenses

Pressley worked on the issue of liquor licenses in the city. [56] For years, Pressley pushed for the passage of legislation that would remove control over the number of liquor licenses in Boston from the control of the state government of Massachusetts and place it under the purview of the Boston Licensing Board. [57] The state held control over this since the Prohibition era. [58] On December 18, 2013, the city council voted 12–1 to advance a home rule petition on this matter to the state. [57] The ultimate product of Pressley's push was the passage of state legislation in 2014 granting Boston the authority to distribute 75 additional liquor licenses over a three-year period, with the aim of distributing them to less advantaged neighborhoods in order to increase economic activity in those neighborhoods. However, The Boston Globe's Meghan Irons observed that an unintentional impact of this was that, "it created uneven competition. It left out certain neighborhoods. It allowed businesses that were already established to get the licenses." [56] Nevertheless, in 2018, The New York Times called Pressley's work on the matter a "major accomplishment". [23] To remedy the shortfalls, Pressley worked with Mayor Walsh with an aim to further expand the number of new available liquor licenses. [56] In 2017, Pressley and Mayor Walsh unveiled a proposal to increase the number of liquor license in the city by 152 over a three year period, with the majority of licenses being granted to underserved communities. [59] This proposal received the support of the editorial board of The Boston Globe. [60]

In February 2015, Pressley was publicly skeptical of a proposed BYOB ordinance by Councilors Michelle Wu and Stephen J. Murphy to allow small restaurants without liquor licenses to permit patrons to bring their own bottles of wine or beer. Pressley expressed concern that such an ordinance could perpetuate the divide where liquor licenses remained only in more affluent neighborhoods. She also expressed concern for how such a policy would be regulated and whether it might lower the cost of meals, resulting in lower tips for waiters. [61] She continued to express concern about the ordinance when it was debated in December of that year. Nevertheless, Pressley voted in support of the ordinance when it was adopted that month. [62]

Position on Boston's bid for the 2024 Olympics

Pressley was publicly skeptical of Boston's bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. In March 2015, stating that she had a number of concerns and desired to see more detailed proposals, Pressley described herself as undecided on whether to support the bid effort but still conditionally willing to. [63] That month she had filed a request for the City Council to hold two special hearings: one to "analyze the diversity and inclusion plan from bidding process through the potential games," and another to "discuss comprehensive approaches to reduce sex trafficking around mega sporting events such as the Olympics." [64] After the abandonment of Boston's bid for the Olympics, the organization No Boston Olympics (which had opposed the bid) endorsed Pressley and three other incumbent Boston City Council members for reelection, praising them for "Demonstrat[ing] leadership by asking tough questions" to the leaders behind Boston's Olympic bid. [65]

Other politics

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Pressley (left) and actor Zach Braff (right) stand with U.S. Senate nominee Elizabeth Warren at a rally at Northeastern University for Warren's 2012 campaign
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Pressley speaking at a Boston campaign rally for the 2013 Senate election campaign of Ed Markey

Pressley was one of the first notable Massachusetts politicians to endorse Elizabeth Warren's successful campaign in Massachusetts' 2012 U.S. Senate election. [66] Ahead of the Democratic primary for the 2013 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, Pressley endorsed the candidacy of Ed Markey. [67] During the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Pressley endorsed the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. [68]

Election to congress and departure from the City Council

In 2018, Pressley was elected to the United States House of Representatives after having first defeated incumbent Michael Capuano in a Democratic Party primary election. [69] For years Pressley had been speculated as a likely top-contender to succeed Capuano if he were to retire. [70] Rather than wait for him to step aside, Pressley decided to challenge him. [71] Pressley was the first sitting council member to be elected to another office since Francis Roache was elected Suffolk County register of deeds in 2002. [72]

After being elected to the United States House of Representatives, Pressley delivered a "farewell speech" to the City Council on December 5, 2018. [73] [74] Boston city law requires that vacancies for the at-large council seats are filled by the next-placed candidate in the previous election, which had been Althea Garrison in the November 2017 election. Thus, when Pressley departed from the city council, she was succeeded by Garrison. [75]

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Boston City Council tenure of Ayanna Pressley
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Member of the Boston City Council
at-large
In office
January 4, 2010 –January 3, 2019