This week, critics and defenders of a newly drawn district map, which Boston Mayor Michelle Wu signed into law, made their case in federal court. Closing arguments could come on Wednesday.
Congressman Stephen Lynch took the stand in federal court this week to decry the way the City Council redrew the political boundaries of Boston’s nine district seats.
Lynch and some local civic associations in Dorchester and South Boston have signed onto the opposition effort, which is playing out at the Moakley federal courthouse in South Boston. The opposition effort also alleges Open Meeting Law violations, which councilors have a history of making. As the public housing developments and their hundreds of residents, many of them people of color, shifted to District 3, several predominantly white Irish areas of Dorchester, precincts in Cedar Grove and Adams Village, were moved to District 4, which is represented by Councilor Brian Worrell, who is Black.
Lynch also criticized the map for moving the public housing developments out of District 2. “Did you try some other ways to balance out the population?” Lynch asked rhetorically, referring to councilors. Almost 10,000 people were reassigned from District 2 to District 3, according to Duchin, who also offered advice to councilors when they were hashing out changes last fall.
When Saris noted that many in Neponset did not stay in the same council district, Duchin acknowledged that they were shifted. “But someone always has to be,” she said, noting that 58,000 people, the vast majority, remained in District 3.
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