Yeas & NaysBoston City Council votes

Docket 0770

Roll call 1 of 3 at the meeting of June 15, 2022: 12 yes, 0 no, 1 not present.

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The motion

City Council Discusses Boston's Role in Slavery and Its Lasting Harm

The City's own summary of the docket.

yeas 12.

The clerk's full description

Councilors Fernandes Anderson, Louijeune, Lara, Mejia, Arroyo, Bok, Baker, Flynn, Coletta, Flaherty and Murphy offered the following: Resolution to Acknowledge, Condemn and Apologize for the Role Played by the City of Boston in the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade and the Ongoing Detrimental Impacts Experienced by the Black People of Boston. On motion of Councilor Fernandes Anderson, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors Louijeune and Lara as co sponsors. On motion of Councilors Fernandes Anderson, Louijeune and Lara, the rules were suspended, the resolution was adopted; yeas 12.

How each councillor voted

13 recorded