In a 10-2 vote, councillors on Wednesday sent to Mayor Wu’s desk a map that redraws the boundaries of the nine district seats. The vote ends weeks of turmoil for the 12-member body, which was tasked by a federal judge to take another shot at drawing a new map. Patti Saris, the judge, ruled that civic groups and some Dorchester residents, upset that the precincts around Florian
Lawyers for several voting rights advocacy groups, which played a role last fall in redrawing the political boundaries of the nine City Council district seats, are now seeking to intervene in the federal court case at the center of the city’s chaotic political scene. NAACP Boston, MassVOTE, the Chinese Progressive Association and other groups are seeking to intervene in the
Facing a May 30 deadline to pass a new map of the nine City Council district boundaries, councillors this week squabbled over the next steps as Mayor Michelle Wu urged them to move quickly and laid out her own map, which unites neighborhoods across the city, including Dorchester’s Neponset, Fields Corner, Uphams Corner, Bowdoin Geneva and Adams Village within District 3.