Mayor Menino acts now for safer summer – Crime prevention, putting youths to work are top priorities By Andrew Ryan |  GLOBE STAFF  MAY 16, 2012. Mayor Thomas M. Menino is expected to outline a preemptive push to stanch summertime violence Wednesday, seeking to stop crime now with the hope of preventing retaliation in July and August. The effort, which has been the subject of City Hall meetings for … Continue reading The Boston Globe