Boston mayor Michelle Wu. — Bloomberg
BOSTON residents face a sharp increase in property taxes or risk US$400mil of budget cuts if state lawmakers reject a plan to shift the burden to commercial buildings, mayor Michelle Wu said in an interview with Bloomberg News.
The proposal would allow Boston to temporarily increase the tax-rate ceiling for commercial properties in order to offset a historic slump in office building values.
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