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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu speaks to reporters in January. On Wednesday, Oct. 30, Boston City Council passed Mayor Wu’s measure to increase commercial tax rates with a 12-1 vote. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER.

Mayor Wu’s commercial tax rate increase passes in City Council, continues to receive criticism

Liam Dunne November 4, 2024
Boston City Council passed a new measure to increase commercial property taxes last week after Mayor Michelle Wu reached a compromise with local businesses that continues to receive praise and backlash.
Students walk by the Center for Computing and Data Sciences. The PILOT program requests that tax-exempt educational institutions, such as Boston University, make voluntary payments to support community and city services. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston’s PILOT program exempts private institutions from paying taxes

Abigail Hassan April 4, 2024
In last week’s city council meeting, Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn called for a hearing on the city’s Payment in Lieu of Taxes, or PILOT, program. 
greco restaurant on newbury street in boston

Outdoor dining to resume in time for Dine Out Boston

Jesús Marrero Suárez March 18, 2021
Restaurants were originally slated to reopen their outdoor spaces April 1, but Mayor Marty Walsh announced Friday the date would be moved up due to a forecast for warmer weather.
All-University Commencement on May 21 at Nickerson Field for the graduating class of 2019. Boston University is part of a new initiative by the Association of American Universities focused on PhD education. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP FILE

BU joins pilot program to make PhD education more student centered

Alex LaSalvia September 16, 2019
The Association of American Universities announced Thursday Boston University would be a part of a pilot program to make PhD education more student-centered.
The new feminine hygiene dispenser in the College of Communication. Boston University has installed new dispensers around campus with free feminine products. GABRIELA HUTCHINGS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Free menstrual products available in campus buildings as part of pilot program

Nyah Jordan September 12, 2019
Boston University installed free menstrual product dispensers over the summer in six buildings on the Charles River Campus as part of a menstrual products pilot program first proposed to the university more than three years ago.
During the fiscal year 2014, 15 of 19 Boston colleges and universities enrolled in the voluntary Payment-in-Lieu-of-Tax, or PILOT, program failed to meet their suggested payment amount. GRAPHIC BY OLIVIA DENG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU falls short of PILOT payment, still contributes most of all other educational institutions

Olivia Deng November 6, 2014

During fiscal year 2014, 15 of the 19 colleges and universities in Boston did not pay their suggested amounts agreed upon as part of a program of voluntary contributions in lieu of taxes, known as the...

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