Whether the city’s wealthiest nonprofits with tax-exempt status are paying their “fair share” to support the communities they do business in has divided members of the Boston City Council.
Mayor Michelle Wu’s $8 million fare-free bus proposal, which targets three bus lines as part of a two-year pilot, on Wednesday cleared the City Council on a 12-1 vote. Dorchester Councillor Frank Baker was the lone "no" vote. Dorchester's Erin Murphy, who was sworn in by Wu before the council's vote, was among those voting for the proposal, casting one of her first votes as an
City Councilor Frank Baker expressed concern about the lack of a sustainable funding source to keep the three bus routes free after the first two years are up.
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