Mayor Michelle Wu “expects to pay” up to $650,000 to prepare for tomorrow’s congressional hearing on sanctuary cities, the mayor’s office told the Herald.

She has held roughly a dozen prep sessions and hired outside counsel at $950/hour to gear up for a hearing Wednesday that is both a minefield and a potential political opportunity.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu responded to criticism she received after giving her condolences to the family of a person police say was wielding a knife when he was shot and killed by an off-duty officer.