Influence Map
The influence map
A relationship view of Boston power: how people, organizations, donors, and vendors connect. Every link is built from public records and assembled in the Boston Reality Graph, with sources and a confidence score attached. Relationships describe what the records show; they are not, on their own, assertions of wrongdoing, and influence findings are review-gated before publication.
Drawn from the Reality Graph
Relationships
Boston City CouncilLegislative body of the City of Boston
- Boston City Council← submits plans to ←Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA)· 85% conf
- Boston City Council→ approves budget for →Office of the Mayor of Boston· 85% conf
Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA)Planning and economic development authority
- Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA)→ submits plans to →Boston City Council· 85% conf
- Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA)← appoints board of ←Office of the Mayor of Boston· 85% conf
Inspectional Services Department (ISD)Code enforcement and permitting
- Inspectional Services Department (ISD)→ administers process for →Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA)· 85% conf
Office of the Mayor of BostonExecutive branch
- Office of the Mayor of Boston→ appoints board of →Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA)· 85% conf
- Office of the Mayor of Boston→ appoints →Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA)· 85% conf
- Office of the Mayor of Boston← approves budget for ←Boston City Council· 85% conf
Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA)Hears zoning relief appeals
- Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA)← appoints ←Office of the Mayor of Boston· 85% conf
- Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA)← administers process for ←Inspectional Services Department (ISD)· 85% conf
- Sample Committee to Elect (illustrative)→ paid →Sample Print Vendor (illustrative)· 70% conf
- Sample Committee to Elect (illustrative)← donated to ←Sample Donor A (illustrative)· 70% conf