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Boston Policy Institute, Inc BPI is providing non-partisan original research, expert analysis, and important resources on the most pressing challenges facing MA & Boston.

The expectation going into yesterday's Council meeting was that it would be where the body voted on the FY27 Operating B...
06/04/2026

The expectation going into yesterday's Council meeting was that it would be where the body voted on the FY27 Operating Budget and dozens of proposed amendments.

That didn't happen.

Instead, 10 Councilors voted to delay a vote on Boston's $4.9B FY27 budget to next week's regular meeting on June 10. Now the Council has an extra week to the FY27 budget and dozens or hundreds of proposed amendments.

This is the 8-5 Council vote approving Boston Public Schools' $1.7B FY27 Operating Budget.
06/03/2026

This is the 8-5 Council vote approving Boston Public Schools' $1.7B FY27 Operating Budget.

There are 2 things to watch for at today’s meeting: the fight over budget amendments and whether District 1 Councilor Ga...
06/03/2026

There are 2 things to watch for at today’s meeting: the fight over budget amendments and whether District 1 Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata ends her maternity leave and attends.

06/02/2026

Today is the Council’s last working session of FY27 before the body votes on the budget on June 3rd. BPI has 4 big issues coming out of yesterday’s meeting that are likely to be discussed, if not solved, before that vote.

Check out BPI’s liveblog of today’s working session and subscribe to get updates on tomorrow’s working session - the las...
06/01/2026

Check out BPI’s liveblog of today’s working session and subscribe to get updates on tomorrow’s working session - the last one of the FY27 budget season - at 10 AM on Tuesday, June 2.

This is an important interview with the 2 Boston elected officials leading efforts to change the situation at Mass & Cas...
05/31/2026

This is an important interview with the 2 Boston elected officials leading efforts to change the situation at Mass & Cass: District 3 Boston City Councilor John FitzGerald & South End State Representative John Moran.

05/30/2026

BPI breaks down Boston City Council Ways & Means Chair Ben Weber’s package of budget amendments, which proposed changing $14.5M or 0.3% of Mayor Wu’s $4.9B budget.

Check out Council Ways & Means Chair “proposed amendment package” for FY27 that changes ~$14.5M of Mayor Wu’s $4.9B bud...
05/29/2026

Check out Council Ways & Means Chair “proposed amendment package” for FY27 that changes ~$14.5M of Mayor Wu’s $4.9B budget. This was presented at a very short budget working session on Friday, May 29: the meeting was gaveled in at 11:24 AM & gaveled out at 11:38 AM.

05/29/2026

Listen to Boston’s Chief Assessor explain why the on-going lawsuit over Boston’s assessing practices was cited as a potential “credit negative event” in the latest Moody’s credit report.

05/29/2026

Boston hasn’t needed a supplemental appropriation to close a budget deficit in more than a decade: not even after the historic snow in 2015. So why does the City need $70M extra dollars to close the FY26 deficit? A major factor is healthcare spending, raising serious questions that BPI testified about at the hearing on May 27.

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