Category: Menino Survey

IOC Awarded Multi-Year Grant from The Rockefeller Foundation

The Initiative on Cities has been awarded a three-year grant for $355,000 from The Rockefeller Foundation to support the 2021-2023 Menino Survey of Mayors. This marks the fifth year of support from the Foundation, who previously provided support for the 2017-2020 Surveys. Citi Community Investing and Development also renewed their support for the 2021 Menino Survey, marking their seventh year […]

2020 Menino Survey of Mayors Report on Urban Parks and the Public Realm

Mayors Expect Residents Will Spend More Time in Outdoor Public Spaces, But Few Using Pandemic as Opportunity to Reimagine These Areas Findings Among Those Released Today by the Boston University Initiative on Cities’ Menino Survey of Mayors, Supported by Citi, The Rockefeller Foundation, and The Trust for Public Land The past year introduced new ways […]

2020 Menino Survey of Mayors Report on Policing and Protests

Mayors Largely Support Black Lives Matter Protests, Recognize Racial Disparities in Treatment by Police, But Are Not Embracing Dramatic Change to Policing, According to New Survey Findings Among Those from the Boston University Initiative on Cities’ Menino Survey of Mayors, Supported by Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation In spite of months of protests in reaction […]

2020 Menino Survey of Mayors Report on COVID-19 Recovery and the Future of Cities

America’s Mayors Sound the Alarm on Long-Term Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on their Cities, According to New Survey Without Federal Support, Mayors Expect School Budget Cuts, Economic Upheaval for Small Businesses and Commercial Centers, and Deepening Racial Inequality As leaders in Washington continue to be divided over additional stimulus, America’s mayors paint a troubling picture […]

Just Released! Counting the City: Mayoral Views on the 2020 Census

Bipartisan Concern Among Mayors over Census Undercount Latest Menino Survey of Mayors from Boston University Initiative on Cities, supported by Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation, also Addresses COVID-19, Policing & Protests, and Parks & Greenspace As the 2020 Census concludes at the end of September, a large majority of the mayors of America’s major cities […]

Luisa Godinez Puig publishes Perceptions of Public Health Priorities and Accountability among U.S. Mayors in Public Health Reports

Congratulations to Luisa Godinez Puig, a 2019 IOC Doctoral Research Fellow at the IOC, for her peer-reviewed work on “Perceptions of Public Health Priorities and Accountability among U.S. Mayors.” Co-authors on the report include IOC Co-Director Katharine Lusk, David Glick, Katherine Einstein, Maxwell Palmer, IOC Associate Director Stacy Fox, and Monica Wang. Learn more about the […]

Just Released! 2019 Menino Survey of Mayors

MAYORS TO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: LET’S TALK INFRASTRUCTURE   Latest Menino Survey of Mayors from Boston University Initiative on Cities, supported by Citi Community Development and The Rockefeller Foundation, also Addresses Opportunity Zones, Climate Change, and the Future of Work According to Boston University Initiative on Cities’ 2019 Menino Survey of Mayors – the only national representative […]