Timothy McCarthy | |
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Member of the Boston City Council from the 5th district | |
In office January 2014 –January 2020 | |
Preceded by | Robert Consalvo |
Succeeded by | Ricardo Arroyo |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Hyde Park,Boston |
Education | Tufts University Curry College (BA) Suffolk University (MA) |
Timothy McCarthy is a former Boston City Councilor who represented District 5 (Mattapan,Hyde Park,and Roslindale). [1] The Democrat began his term in 2013. [2] In January 2019,he announced that he would not be running for re-election. [3] [4]
McCarthy graduated from Catholic Memorial High School,Curry College and the Harvard Business School Program for Management Development. He attended Tufts University for a year before transferring to Curry’s continuing education program. He earned a Master’s Degree in public administration at Suffolk University. [5] He lives in Hyde Park,Boston with his wife,Maureen. They have two sons. [2]
McCarthy was one of three councilors who voted against the Jim Brooks Stabilization Act. Ultimately defeated in the State House,it sought "to require landlords to inform tenants of their rights in the case of an eviction,and to notify the city as well." [6]
After the 2019 Straight Pride Parade in Boston,McCarthy proposed a ban on face masks as a public safety measure. [7] [8]
McCarthy opposes legalizing recreational marijuana. [1]
A pride parade is an outdoor event celebrating lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender,and queer (LGBTQ) social and self-acceptance,achievements,legal rights,and pride. The events sometimes also serve as demonstrations for legal rights such as same-sex marriage. Most occur annually throughout the Western world,while some take place every June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City,a pivotal moment in modern LGBTQ social movements. The parades seek to create community and honor the history of the movement. In 1970,pride and protest marches were held in Chicago,Los Angeles,New York City,and San Francisco around the first anniversary of Stonewall. The events became annual and grew internationally. In 2019,New York and the world celebrated the largest international Pride celebration in history:Stonewall 50 - WorldPride NYC 2019,produced by Heritage of Pride commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots,with five million attending in Manhattan alone. The most recent New York pride event was NYC Pride March 2022,which occurred on June 26,2022.
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