Background
He was born in 1972 to Stephan Ross, a survivor of the Holocaust and the founder of the New England Holocaust Memorial.
He was born in 1972 to Stephan Ross, a survivor of the Holocaust and the founder of the New England Holocaust Memorial.
Ross holds a Bachelor"s Degree from in Worcester, an Master of Business Administration from Boston University, and a Law Degree from Suffolk University Law School.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Boston in 2013. Ross is also a real estate lawyer at Prince Lobel Tye Limited Liability Partnership. Mike is a first-generation American. His father Stephan survived 10 concentration camps during the Holocaust, and was rescued by American soldiers at Dachau.
Ross"s mother is openly gay.
Ross"s sister Julie works as a corporate attorney in Boston. Mike served two terms as President of the Boston City Council and currently serves as chair of the Public Safety Committee.
In 2008, Ross backed the "4 or more rule" which forbids more than 4 students from living in the same apartment. In 2007, the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission announced that Ross violated a state law forbidding municipal employees from using their positions for personal gain by having 105 parking tickets dismissed while he was said to be on official business.
However, the commission found that he was not working when he received 35 of them.
Ross was fined $2,000 for the offenses. He lives in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston.