BOSTON -- May 19, 2026, Boston City Council reviews flat $50.7 million Boston Public Library budget for FY2027, avoiding layoffs but raising service concerns. The Ways and Means Committee heard Tuesday from BPL President David Leonard, who described a proposed $50,724,000 operating budget, roughly $1.5 million below

BOSTON -- May 18, 2026, Boston's Ways and Means Committee scrutinized a level-funded $30.5 million FY27 BCYF budget while pressing officials on child care funding cuts and facility closures. Commissioner Marta Rivera told the panel that BCYF's 206,288 registered members logged nearly 900,000

BOSTON -- May 18, 2026, Boston's civilian police oversight office told the City Council's Ways and Means Committee that eight sustained misconduct findings against Boston Police Department officers remain unaddressed by Commissioner Michael Cox, prompting calls for an ordinance amendment. Executive Director Evandro Carvalho and Deputy Director

BOSTON -- May 14, 2026, Boston council questions elections department on staffing gaps and midterm readiness as budget drops $544,000. The Ways and Means Committee, chaired by District 6 Councillor Ben Weber, heard from acting Elections Department head Paul Chong and Head Assistant Register of Voters Sabino Piamonte on the

BOSTON -- May 14, 2026, Boston Election Department defends $544,000 budget cut as state picks up midterm printing costs. The City Council's Ways and Means Committee reviewed the Election Department's fiscal year 2027 operating budget Thursday, with acting department head Paul Chong and head assistant registrar

BOSTON -- May 14, 2026, Boston Ways and Means Committee rejects rationale for double-digit cuts to veterans, senior, and reentry services in FY27 budget hearing. Committee Chair Ben Weber convened a roughly three-and-a-half-hour hearing Thursday on Mayor Michelle Wu's proposed FY27 budgets for the