Renting in Boston is expensive, and some are looking to New York’s recent model for relief. The New York City Council voted this week to ban broker fees for tenants, shifting the financial burden to ...

Frustrations with mail delivery have reached Boston City Hall. Residents have written to city councilors about recent mail ...

Somerville, which declared itself a "sanctuary city" in 1987, is one of eight municipalities in Massachusetts to claim that ...

Chelsea bicyclists may soon be able to extend their journeys through the city’s Bluebikes program. Currently, the city has an agreement for the Bluebike bicycle-share program operated by Lyft with the ...

There are many costs associated with living in an increasingly expensive New York City, but the broker fee might be the most ...

Collection and disposal, waste prevention and recycling, data and analytics, and policy and behavior change are among the ...

George Perrot was released from prison in 2016 — after more than 30 years in prison — when a judge determined the evidence against him was faulty in a 1985 rape conviction.

Homeless encampments and tents in public spaces will be removed in both cities. In Brockton, unhoused people could pay fines ...

Boston City Council Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on docket #1002, the creation of a Boston Development Fund in the ...

If teachers in Beverly and Gloucester do not end the strike immediately, they will be hit with a $50,000 fine, with an ...

Turns out subpoenas from fired up local officials angry about late mail deliveries won’t either. In a letter sent to the ...

Tenants searching for an apartment in New York City have long been forced to pay thousands of dollars to real estate brokers ...