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The councils attorneys filed a motion to intervene in an old lawsuit from which the tax breaks emerged.

The battle lines are drawn. On one side is the Providence City Council, and on the other side is Providence developer Arnold “Buff” Chace and Providence Mayor Brett Smiley.

The city council voted to take legal action against a tax break deal that was offered to Providence real estate developer Arnold "Buff" Chace in 2021.

The city council voted to take legal action against a tax break deal that was offered to Providence real estate developer Arnold \

On Tuesday night Mayor Brett Smiley continued to warn the Providence City Council that the hiring of attorney Max Wistow to pursue a legal strategy to recover funds from Providence developer Arnold “Buff” Chace was a bad decision for the city.

The City Council will soon decide how to address ongoing questions about whether the tax breaks were appropriate.

The Finance Committee voted to push back on a 2021 consent decree that allowed Chace to pay substantially less in property taxes on 10 buildings.

Mayor Brett Smiley says he doesn’t support the deal, which was negotiated by the previous mayor’s administration.

Wistow, Sheehan, and Loveley were asked to review a 2021 consent judgment that gave tax breaks to 10 downtown buildings controlled by local developer Arnold "Buff" Chace and owned by LLCs under his n…

One of RIs most prominent families is locked in a bitter legal dispute over alleged mismanagement of a $70-million trust.