City Council

BOSTON — May 7, 2026 — Boston City Council pressed Police Commissioner Michael Cox on chronic overtime overruns and deteriorating conditions in Nubian Square at a May 7 Ways and Means budget hearing on the department's proposed $431 million FY27 personnel budget. Gregory Maynard of the Boston Policy Institute testified

BOSTON — May 6, 2026 — Boston City Council honors Roxbury civil rights family, routes $31 million in funding to committee. At its May 6 meeting, the council passed a formal resolution declaring May 11 George Greenwich Day, recognizing George C. Greenwich, who in 1954 won a Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination case

BOSTON — May 5, 2026 — Boston's Planning Department defended a $29.4 million FY27 budget while fielding sharp questions about housing production, zoning flexibility, and ADU delays during a May 5 Ways and Means hearing chaired by District 6 Councillor Ben Weber. Chief of Planning Kairos Shen, Deputy Chief

BOSTON — May 5, 2026 — Boston City Council committee hears four hours of testimony against proposed elimination of school-year youth jobs. The Committee on Ways and Means, chaired by District 6 Councilor Ben Weber, convened May 5 to review Mayor Michelle Wu's fiscal year 2027 budget, which would

BOSTON — May 5, 2026 — Boston City Council budget panel scrutinizes Planning Department's $29.4 million FY27 spending plan. The Committee on Ways and Means, chaired by District 6 Councillor Ben Weber, heard from Chief of Planning Kairos Shen, Deputy Chief Devin Quirk, and Executive Director Teresa Polimus in

BOSTON — May 4, 2026 — Boston's Ways and Means Committee pressed three city departments on budget cuts, permitting timelines, and summer event readiness at a May 4 FY27 hearing. Inspectional Services Commissioner Tanya Del Rio said her department's proposed budget is $25 million and that it is

BOSTON — May 4, 2026 — Boston's $207 million streets budget draws fire over stalled safety projects and rescinded federal grants. The City Council's Committee on Ways and Means, chaired by District 6 Councillor Ben Weber, held a May 4 budget hearing on the FY27 operating and capital

BOSTON — April 30, 2026 — Boston Ways and Means Committee hearing draws more than 150 arts advocates against proposed 27 percent arts budget cut. Chair Ben Weber convened the April 30 FY27 budget hearing covering the Office of Arts and Culture, the Office of Tourism, Sports and Entertainment, and the Mayor&

BOSTON — April 30, 2026 — Boston's Ways and Means Committee draws more than 150 arts advocates opposing a proposed $1 million cut to the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture. Chair Ben Weber convened the April 30 budget hearing covering FY27 operating budgets for licensing, tourism, and

BOSTON — April 29, 2026 — Boston City Council calls for independent probe of in-custody death, approves $32.6 million in preservation funds. The council voted 10 in the affirmative April 29 to call for an independent investigation into the December 2025 death of Jacoby Kinney at the Suffolk County House