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Mayor's directive

Accept and spend $50,000 Four Corners grant for police overtime

Last activity April 16, 2026 (5 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    April 9, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The Mayor ordered acceptance and expenditure of a $50,000 FY26 Earmark grant from the MA Executive Office of Public Safety & Security to the Boston Police Department. The City Council suspended rules and passed the order on 2026-04-15 so funds can support overtime patrols in Four Corners, Uphams Corner, and surrounding Dorchester and Roxbury areas.

Affects Residents of Dorchester and Roxbury

In Dorchester and Roxbury

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Official title

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in the form of a grant, FY26 Earmark for Four Corners, awarded by MA Executive Office of Public Safety & Security to be administered by the Police Department. The grant would fund support of Police overtime for visible patrols in the Uphams Corner, Bowdoin Street, Geneva Avenue, Grove Hall, Washington Street (Four Corners), Old Road, Blue Hill/Columbia in the Dorchester and Roxbury sections of the City of Boston.

Timeline

  1. April 15, 2026

    The rules were suspended; the order was passed.

    City Council

    On motion of Councilor Santana, the rules were suspended; the order was passed.

    Watch the meeting City video Minutes, April 15, 2026