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City Council delays redistricting vote after legal complaint from Southie groups

Por: The Boston Globe Politics October 27, 2022

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Responding to a last-minute legal complaint, the Boston City Council delayed by a week an expected vote on the city’s new political maps, pushing the sluggish and delayed process dangerously close to an early November deadline.The postponement, announced Wednesday afternoon to the surprise of a council chamber packed with community advocates, followed allegations by a number of South Boston neighborhood groups that councilors violated the... + full article



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