Boston Mayor Michelle Wu vetoed a City Council budget proposal that had $31 million in cuts to the police department as well as $900,000 in cuts for veteran services.
The figures came in vastly different from Wu's proposed budget, which only included $2 million for the participatory budget process. In her letter to members, the mayor said the council's proposed cuts to the police budget"are illusory, as the City is obligated to cover salary and overtime expenses incurred by the department."
Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, chair of the city's Ways and Means Committee, told the Boston Globe on Friday that the council's proposed cuts would not have led to any city employees losing their jobs, instead arguing that her analysis found the Boston Police Department could have close to $25 million in extra funds next year.
But Fernandes Anderson, who has a son who serves in the Marines, expressed regret about the proposed cuts to veteran services, noting that funding would not have been affected because the proposed cuts were a line item that was eligible to beFernandes Anderson's office did not immediately respond to a Fox News request for comment.
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