Boston City Council reelected City Clerk Alex Geourntas and Assistant City Clerk Dassie Bheecham and debated two amendments to the Home Rule Petition during its Wednesday meeting at City Hall Plaza.
The Boston City Council met Wednesday and discussed plans to increase the number of liquor licenses while separately restricting the sale of miniature alcohol bottles.
Mayor Michelle Wu introduced legislation transforming the structure of the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) by ending decades-long urban renewal projects and establishing a new charter and department for Boston’s city planning and design process.
Boston was ranked third most intensely gentrified city in the United States between 2013-2017. Neighborhoods like East Boston, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, Mattapan, Hyde Park and South Boston were most affected.
