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BOSTON — April 7, 2026 — Boston City Council presses BPD over body camera release policy with no police leadership present. The Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice held a hearing Tuesday on Docket No. 0638, convened by Chair Henry Santana after sponsors Councilor Erin Murphy and Councilor Brian Worrell raised

BOSTON — April 6, 2026 — Boston City Council scrutinizes summer youth safety plan as key programs expand and budget questions linger. The Committee on Human Services held an April 6 hearing on Docket 0290, with Chair Erin Murphy and lead sponsor Councillor Brian Worrell pressing administration officials on whether violence-prevention

BOSTON — April 6, 2026 — Boston City Council committee hears unanimous community support for naming Chinatown plaza after urban planner Tunney Lee. Councillor Edward M. Flynn's Docket 0178, referred to the Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation in January, proposes dedicating the new pedestrian plaza being constructed at Phillips

BOSTON — April 1, 2026 — Boston City Council approves bus monitor pay raise, advances $21.3 million in school repairs. The council unanimously passed two dockets — 0619 and 0620 — appropriating $1,046,178 from the city's collective bargaining reserve to fund fiscal year 2026 costs under a new contract

BOSTON — March 31, 2026 — Boston Fire Department warns city councillors that critical health and wellness programs may end in 2027 as federal grants expire. At a March 31 hearing of the City Council Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice, chaired by At-Large Councillor Henry Santana, Financial Grants Manager

BOSTON — March 31, 2026 — Boston City Council education committee demands answers on chronic BPS bus delays after years of inaction on fines. Chair Julia M. Mejia convened the emergency hearing on Docket 0374 Tuesday, joined by lead sponsor Erin J. Murphy and co-sponsors Edward M. Flynn and John FitzGerald,

BOSTON — March 30, 2026 — Boston City Council committee hears rising food insecurity data as federal program threats mount. At-Large Councillor Erin Murphy chaired a Monday hearing of the Committee on Human Services on Docket 0179, joined by lead sponsor District Councillor Ed Flynn and councillors Ruthzee Louijeune, Tania Mejia,

BOSTON — March 27, 2026 — Boston City Council panel reviews home rule petition to raise injured firefighter's pension to 100 percent. The Committee on Government Operations, chaired by Councillor Gabriela Coletta Zapata, held a virtual hearing Friday on Docket 0268, a special act petition filed by Councillors Ed Flynn

BOSTON — March 26, 2026 — Boston public safety chiefs told the City Council they are prepared for a summer stacked with the FIFA World Cup, Tall Ships, and Boston 250 events — but declined to provide overtime cost estimates. At a March 26 hearing of the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal

BOSTON — March 26, 2026 — Boston public safety chiefs pledged full neighborhood coverage during a summer of major events at a City Council committee hearing Thursday. Committee Chair Henry Santana convened the hearing on Docket No. 0174, sponsored by Councillor John FitzGerald, to examine preparations for the FIFA World Cup, Tall