Boston At-Large City Councilor Michelle Wu isn’t shy about shaking up Boston’s development infrastructure, making the issue a linchpin of her mayoral campaign. Wu on Wednesday will unveil the latest iteration of her affordable housing platform, which ties into her goals of restructuring City Hall — particularly the functions that directly oversee the real estate industry. Wu explained why in an interview with Bisnow on Monday, but the progressive mother of two also pitched an idea to revitalize the city's urban core, which she called "the key to our recovery." “Let's facilitate conversations about how we can get on-site childcare in every one of our large office buildings so that when employees do come in person there, there's one less worry with being able to have your young kids on-site,” Wu said in a phone conversation. “There are lots of uses with the space as we recover that we can think about connecting the other parts of our infrastructure that are much needed in families’ lives." 
Wu, with $1.2M raised to date, leads the Democratic primary field of six candidates, including acting Mayor Kim Janey, in fundraising. She earned an endorsement from former professor and boss U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren in January. She trailed colleague At-Large Boston City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George 22% to 18% in a poll…  Read the full story here. | 
