Gov. Maura Healey bans migrants from sleeping at Boston’s Logan Airport as overflow site opens

Gov. Maura Healey bans migrants from sleeping at Boston’s Logan Airport as overflow site opens

Gov. Maura Healey banned migrant families from sleeping at Logan Airport starting July 9, a move that will force the oftentimes large crowd that has used the airport as a shelter to find new places to sleep, she announced in a statement Friday. Healey said the decision to bar people from sleeping on the floor … Read more

Massport offers former Mass. Transportation Secretary Richard Davey $420K CEO role

Massport offers former Mass. Transportation Secretary Richard Davey 0K CEO role

The Massachusetts Port Authority voted Wednesday to offer Richard Davey, a former Massachusetts transportation secretary, the position of chief executive officer, a role that comes with a $420,000 yearly salary. Davey is a veteran transportation executive who also served as the general manager of the MBTA and president of the New York City Transit Authority, … Read more

Logan airport sheltering migrants on ‘daily basis’ as crisis overwhelms shelter system

Logan airport sheltering migrants on ‘daily basis’ as crisis overwhelms shelter system

Dozens of migrants are reportedly sleeping in Logan Airport’s Terminal E as the state’s shelter crisis overwhelms the system taxing overflow sites. “We continue to see migrants at the airport on a daily basis,” said Massport spokesperson Jennifer Mehigan. “They come to Logan a number of ways — some fly in, but the majority do … Read more