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![The collapse of congestion pricing in New York City did not deter the Boston City Council from exploring the idea, or advocates from touting their perceived benefits of a new fee for drivers entering the downtown core, at the matter’s first hearing. The collapse of congestion pricing in New York City did not deter the Boston City Council from exploring the idea, or advocates from touting their perceived benefits of a new fee for drivers entering the downtown core, at the matter’s first hearing.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/0708-NWS-BHR-L-congestioncc06.jpg?w=103)
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Boston explores congestion pricing in wake of New York’s failed plan
The collapse of congestion pricing in New York City did not deter the Boston City...
![The Boston City Council passed a resolution calling for the creation of a special commission to address office vacancies and declining values four months ago, but one councilor says the Wu administration has not acted on the recommendation. The Boston City Council passed a resolution calling for the creation of a special commission to address office vacancies and declining values four months ago, but one councilor says the Wu administration has not acted on the recommendation.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bostonms03.jpg?w=140)
Boston city councilor urges Wu administration to take office vacancies ‘seriously,’ pushes for study group
The Boston City Council passed a resolution calling for the creation of a special commission...
![Winifred Cotter, a Boston police sergeant who served as a driver for her cousin, former Mayor Marty Walsh, is the top pension earner amongst city retirees, raking in nearly $16,500 a month. Winifred Cotter, a Boston police sergeant who served as a driver for her cousin, former Mayor Marty Walsh, is the top pension earner amongst city retirees, raking in nearly $16,500 a month.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cotter-and-gross-2.jpg?w=117)
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Boston retirees making bank: Nearly 200 receive $10K or more in monthly pension
Winifred Cotter, a Boston police sergeant who served as a driver for her cousin, former...
![The former Boston cop central to the defense’s third-party killer theory in the Karen Read murder case is earning more than $8,000 a month in pension, according to payroll records the city released to the Herald. That's $101,797.32 annually. The former Boston cop central to the defense’s third-party killer theory in the Karen Read murder case is earning more than $8,000 a month in pension, according to payroll records the city released to the Herald. That's $101,797.32 annually.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/adnl023.jpg?w=110)
Karen Read murder case: Former Boston Police Sgt. Brian Albert earning generous pension
The former Boston cop central to the defense’s third-party killer theory in the Karen Read...
![Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn, a U.S. Navy veteran, blasted a “disgusting” hate crime that left several war monuments in the Common and Public Garden defaced with “antisemitic and anti-American” graffiti on the eve of Independence Day. Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn, a U.S. Navy veteran, blasted a “disgusting” hate crime that left several war monuments in the Common and Public Garden defaced with “antisemitic and anti-American” graffiti on the eve of Independence Day.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/DEFACEsc005.jpg?w=132)
‘Disgusting’: Boston Police investigating ‘anti-American’ July 4 defacement of war monuments
Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn, a U.S. Navy veteran, blasted a “disgusting” hate crime that...
![The Wu administration’s lack of availability around the holiday canceled most of this week’s Boston City Council hearings, frustrating some councilors and raising questions about whether substantial work will take place this summer at City Hall. The Wu administration’s lack of availability around the holiday canceled most of this week’s Boston City Council hearings, frustrating some councilors and raising questions about whether substantial work will take place this summer at City Hall.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/0101-NWS-BHR-L-councilcc13.jpg?w=107)
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‘Frustrating’: Boston City Council forced to cancel hearings due to holiday absences from Wu administration
The Wu administration’s lack of availability around the holiday canceled most of this week’s Boston...
![The week kicked off with a milestone at Boston City Hall, where the mayor marked the first official day of the city’s first planning department in 70 years. The week kicked off with a milestone at Boston City Hall, where the mayor marked the first official day of the city’s first planning department in 70 years.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/nl001.jpg?w=115)
First Boston Planning Department in 70 years gets to work at City Hall
The week kicked off with a milestone at Boston City Hall, where the mayor marked...
![The Wu administration is reviewing the legality of the cuts the Boston City Council made to a fund used to settle city lawsuits in a chaotic nine-hour budget debate with tears and f-bombs that resulted in the body overriding nearly half of the mayor’s vetoes. The Wu administration is reviewing the legality of the cuts the Boston City Council made to a fund used to settle city lawsuits in a chaotic nine-hour budget debate with tears and f-bombs that resulted in the body overriding nearly half of the mayor’s vetoes.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/radenl005.jpg?w=130)
Boston budget debate ends with tears, expletives as mayor eyes legality of cuts
The Wu administration is reviewing the legality of the cuts the Boston City Council made...
![Last-minute efforts to include a local option tax on high-value home sales in a massive borrowing bill focused on spurring affordable housing development in Massachusetts fizzled out in the Senate Thursday even as a cadre of lawmakers publicly backed the idea. Last-minute efforts to include a local option tax on high-value home sales in a massive borrowing bill focused on spurring affordable housing development in Massachusetts fizzled out in the Senate Thursday even as a cadre of lawmakers publicly backed the idea.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/homems02.jpg?w=134)
Senate beats back last-minute efforts to approve real estate transfer fee in borrowing bill
Last-minute efforts to include a local option tax on high-value home sales in a massive...
![The Boston City Council appears to be headed toward a complicated final budget vote Wednesday after failing to achieve the required two-thirds consensus for a straight override of a mayoral veto that fully restored the body’s public safety cuts. The Boston City Council appears to be headed toward a complicated final budget vote Wednesday after failing to achieve the required two-thirds consensus for a straight override of a mayoral veto that fully restored the body’s public safety cuts.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/tynl06.jpg?w=127)
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Boston City Council lacks consensus for straight budget override of mayor’s veto setting up a complicated vote
The Boston City Council appears to be headed toward a complicated final budget vote Wednesday...