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City Council questions neighborhood services on FY27 cuts to block-party grants and liaison vacancies
Summary
At an April 28 Ways and Means hearing, councilors pressed Office of Neighborhood Services officials on FY27 budget changes that zeroed summer block party and Spooky Streets grants, left three neighborhood liaison vacancies and showed a confusing personnel-services increase for the Office of Civic Organizing.
Ben Weber, chair of the Boston City Council Ways and Means Committee, presided over an April 28 hearing on the FY27 operating budget for the Office of Neighborhood Services (ONS), focusing on 311, Spark Boston and the Office of Civic Organizing.
Councilors centered questions on program cuts and staffing. Councilors were told the summer block party grant (up to $750 per award) and the Spooky Streets grant ($350) are not included in the FY27 operating budget; OCO officials said they are seeking external philanthropic partners to sustain those programs. OCO later quantified the reductions as $60,000 removed from summer block party grants and…
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