A plan by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu to further shift the city's property tax burden from homeowners to commercial property owners won approval from the City Council on Wednesday.
A plan by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu to further shift the city's property tax burden from homeowners to commercial property owners won approval from the City Council on Wednesday.
Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata, who led a committee's review of the topic, urged her colleagues to move on the matter. "The longer we wait, the longer the delay, the less time there is for our colleagues at the State House to take this up before their formal sessions end on July 31," she added. The home rule petition could still emerge after the July 31 end of formal sessions, but the route could be more tricky in August and beyond. Once the Legislature shifts into informal-sessions-only mode, any single lawmaker's objection can stall any item's progress.
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