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Boston City Hall is the seat of city government of Boston, Massachusetts. It includes the offices of the mayor of Boston and the Boston City Council. The current hall was built in 1968 to assume the functions of the Old City Hall. [2] It is a controversial and prominent example of Brutalist architecture, part of the modernist movement.
The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms, and there is no limit on the number of terms an individual can serve.
Boston voted in 1822 to incorporate as a city and adopted the Boston City Charter. On May 1, 1822, the Boston Board of Selectmen ceremonially handed over the city to the new government consisting of the newly-established City Council and the newly-established mayoralty. [1] Under this original Boston City Charter, between 1822 and 1909, the ...
He was replaced on the City Council by Frederick C. Hailer Jr. 4. ^ On April 21, 1958, Frederick C. Hailer Jr. resigned from the City Council. He was succeeded by James S. Coffey. [11] 5. ^ Following Edward F. McLaughlin Jr.'s election as Massachusetts Attorney General, he was replaced on the City Council by Peter F. Hines in September 1958. [12]
The 2023 Boston City Council election was held on November 7, 2023, with primaries occurring on September 12, 2023. All thirteen councillors from the nine districts and four councillors at-large were up for election. Elections in Boston are officially nonpartisan. Two councillors, Michael F. Flaherty and Frank Baker, did not seek re-election.
Boston City Council elections were held on November 2, 1993. All thirteen seats (nine district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election , while ten seats (six districts and the four at-large members) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 21, 1993.
(The Center Square) – Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport illegal border crossers, with the most violent offenders the priority, Boston City Council members voted to advance ...
Boston City Council elections were held on November 7, 1995. Ten seats (six district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election , as the incumbents for districts 2, 5, and 8 ran unopposed.