Gayla Cawley

Gayla Cawley is the City Hall reporter for the Boston Herald. She previously worked as the news editor for the Daily Item. The University of Connecticut graduate can often be found spinning along to virtual training videos on her studio-cycle bike.

The Boston City Council is pushing for the creation of parking benefit districts, a concept that reinvests metered parking fees back into a neighborhood for a wide range of transportation-related improvements.

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Boston City Council pushing for parking meter benefit districts to boost transportation projects

November 1, 2023 at 7:35 p.m.

The Boston City Council is pushing for the creation of parking benefit districts, a concept that reinvests metered parking fees back into a neighborhood for a wide range of transportation-related...

Fifty-six people living in the Mass and Cass zone have accepted alternative shelter and treatment options over the past week, but for those who refuse to leave, police will begin enforcing the city’s new anti-encampment ordinance on Wednesday.

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Boston Police to begin enforcing Mass and Cass tent ban on Wednesday

October 31, 2023 at 8:25 p.m.

Fifty-six people living in the Mass and Cass zone have accepted alternative shelter and treatment options over the past week, but for those who refuse to leave, police will begin...

Two city councilors are trying to repair the damage caused by their colleagues’ vote to cut nearly $1 million from the veterans’ services budget, a move that was vetoed by the mayor but still has Boston veterans fuming months later.

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‘Slap in the face:’ Boston veterans still fuming at City Council over budget cut

October 30, 2023 at 9:44 p.m.

Two city councilors are trying to repair the damage caused by their colleagues’ vote to cut nearly $1 million from the veterans’ services budget, a move that was vetoed by...

City Council President Ed Flynn expects people will keep coming to the Mass and Cass zone when enforcement begins on a new tent ban next week, to test how serious police are about eliminating the area’s open-air drug market and violence.

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Boston City Council president expects pushback to Mass and Cass crackdown

October 27, 2023 at 7:20 p.m.

City Council President Ed Flynn expects people will keep coming to the Mass and Cass zone when enforcement begins on a new tent ban next week, to test how serious...

The city’s permissive attitude toward open-air drug use and violence occurring in the Mass and Cass zone will drastically change on Nov. 1, when authorities begin enforcing a new anti-encampment ordinance, Police Commissioner Michael Cox said.

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The party’s over: Boston Police will no longer permit crime at Mass and Cass, commissioner says

October 26, 2023 at 6:15 p.m.

The city’s permissive attitude toward open-air drug use and violence occurring in the Mass and Cass zone will drastically change on Nov. 1, when authorities begin enforcing a new anti-encampment...

The Boston City Council approved an amended version of the mayor’s anti-encampment ordinance for the Mass and Cass zone, setting off a seven-day clock for enforcement that would begin once Michelle Wu signs the measure.

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Boston City Council approves Mass and Cass tent ban, Wu to outline next steps Thursday

October 25, 2023 at 4:51 p.m.

The Boston City Council approved an amended version of the mayor’s anti-encampment ordinance for the Mass and Cass zone, setting off a seven-day clock for enforcement that would begin once...

A Boston Police captain has been suspended for three days after an internal investigation found violations connected to his conduct in two protests and the “physical contact” he made with a man who had alleged excessive force.

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Boston Police captain issued 3-day suspension for handling of protests, fight

October 24, 2023 at 6:56 p.m.

A Boston Police captain has been suspended for three days after an internal investigation found violations connected to his conduct in two protests and the “physical contact” he made with...

Ricardo Arroyo will ask his City Council colleagues to vote Wednesday on an amended anti-encampment ordinance he’s filed, saying that the changes strengthen the legality of what the mayor proposed in late August for the Mass and Cass zone.

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Boston City Council to vote on amended Mass and Cass tent ban Wednesday

October 23, 2023 at 7:45 p.m.

Ricardo Arroyo will ask his City Council colleagues to vote Wednesday on an amended anti-encampment ordinance he’s filed, saying that the changes strengthen the legality of what the mayor proposed...

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson is expected to sail through in next month’s election, but political observers say her comments on the Israel-Hamas war could be a factor in two years if she faces a stronger opponent.

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Boston city councilor won’t lose election after Israel-Hamas remarks, observers say

October 23, 2023 at 5:10 a.m.

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson is expected to sail through in next month’s election, but political observers say her comments on the Israel-Hamas war could be a factor in...

A Boston city councilor is being slammed for making “antisemitic” statements that perpetuate a “dangerous myth” about “excessive Jewish power and influence” in global affairs, two Jewish groups say.

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Boston city councilor slammed for ‘antisemitic’ remarks on Israel-Hamas war

October 20, 2023 at 12:25 p.m.

A Boston city councilor is being slammed for making “antisemitic” statements that perpetuate a “dangerous myth” about “excessive Jewish power and influence” in global affairs, two Jewish groups say.

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