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A Boston City Council vote today will show the city which side it's on - gangs or the residents they prey on. It should be a no-brainer, but this being Boston, the choice is clouded by a progressive agenda.
Wu voted against the funding as a City Council member, but says that police operations have now changed enough that the money is warranted.
The City Council voted to approve $3.4 million in grant funding for the Boston Regional Intelligence Center, after a lengthy discussion that determined the need for public safety outweighs past harms created by the entity’s gang database.
“I know this has been a longtime coming for the community to have the solid guarantee that this space will be here forever more, preserved as a treasure of history in Boston,” Mayor Michelle Wu said of the North End's Nazzaro Community Center.
The vote caps off a political fight that's pitted the body's left wing against Mayor Michelle Wu, who was once the council's progressive standard-bearer.