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SEPTA remembers; Affordable housing uncertainity; Weekly gun violence brief

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SEPTA officials honor past heroes for Black History Month Before the mid-1940s, Black workers for SEPTA were excluded from streetcar operator positions. Emmanulla Myrthil, the Chief Culture and Social Impact Officer for SEPTA, said that changed in 1944, when eight employees were promoted. This month, the transit agency honored these trailblazers for their contributions. Continue reading… SEPTA Board Chair Kenneth Lawrence remarked “These men per…

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SEPTA remembers; Affordable housing uncertainity; Weekly gun violence brief

SEPTA officials honor past heroes for Black History Month Before the mid-1940s, Black workers for SEPTA were excluded from streetcar operator positions. Emmanulla Myrthil, the Chief Culture and Social Impact Officer for SEPTA, said that changed in 1944, when eight employees were promoted. This month, the transit agency honored these trailblazers for their contributions. Continue reading… SEPTA Board Chair Kenneth Lawrence remarked “These men per…

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Is Affordable Housing Unaffordable?

Chris Lovett, Reporter CorrespondentBoston’s reliance on new housing to help fund affordable units, periodically escalating since 2000, is facing pushback in this year’s race for mayor, amid wider political and economic disruption. Last week, mayoral challenger Josh Kraft called for reducing the share of income-restricted units for projects in Boston to 13 percent, the base figure set under former mayor Marty Walsh, and he proposed easing afford…

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