Remarks by Erin J. Murphy
17 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Thank you. Thank you everyone for being here on this rainy Friday morning. I appreciate you all being here and thank you to the Chair for holding this. Like she said, we get appointments to so many different boards and commissions across the city. And it's important that we give you the respect, I think, also calling in so that you can share with us why the mayor and the administration thought that you would be well-suited for these positions. A few of you I do know personally. I know you, Sherry, for your work at Tufts and in the Chinatown community. I know Pat and Carla personally also.…”
City Council · Oct 16, 2026
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“Thank you for your personal introductions. It just reassures me even more, based off of your resumes, that you're all well suited for this position, the work you've done. Just a few questions. As you know, and as the members yourself, you probably get the same questions we get as elected officials, how communities often feel, and when you mentioned you've been on the board for six years, that there has been a shift away from neighborhood associations coming forward, and even if they all oppose or approve a project, and also the mayor's office. It definitely has been a shift from ONS not…”
City Council · Oct 16, 2026
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“That's good to know that that information. But also it's not that you have to rubber stamp it because I do believe the processes and the steps along the way to get the final approval are there for all good reasons. I appreciate that you're at the end of that step. If you could just speak quickly on if a project isn't passed. And like I said, I don't always agree, but I do respect that the board and there's more than just one vote, which I appreciate that. What is the developers? Because I do feel like there is a difference between bigger projects and then here a lot just like homeowners who…”
City Council · Oct 16, 2026
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“Thank you for sharing your stories and I think it highlights the human side that's so important in government, in all of these important roles, even us as elected officials. And the policy is never far away from the human impact. So your lived experiences bring, I think, a different lens. I know we just saw the first panel, who will be reappointed, who also bring forth their lived experience. But what I heard is encouraging, right? We're going to be hearing voices. And when people go in front of the zoning board, like you said, you've been in front of it as, you know, owning a three family…”
City Council · Oct 16, 2026
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“Yes. Thank you, Councillor Pepin, for bringing this forward. I do just want to thank Sabine and her team. They're always very open, transparent, and share information. read and print out the email that was sent from her back on August 25th that has an attached spreadsheet and I also saw the 47 million and thought well that's a lot to just move forward but when I had read more about what was actually going to be voted on today is that you know now that the projects are completed so any money we can get back into the pool and hopefully be funding more great projects and knowing that that office…”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. I'd like to suspend and pass. I hope my colleagues join me. This is $150,000, which helps support the work that director Pedro Cruz and his team are doing for our youth. So as it was said, that was read already, but this will also host events on Friday evening throughout the summer. Some of this money just needs to be work that's already happened. So looking forward to supporting Pedro and his team. And I want to thank Denise for always sending along the explanations. so that we can get these grants passed quickly. If anyone has any other questions after the vote, they…”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“No, but if you wouldn't mind if we could reconsider docket 1784. I didn't realize that was going to happen.”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“For this small dollar amount, I think it would be important if we could just pass this grant.”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yes. Thank you. I think the Grant is described nicely. People understand what it's doing, but I am excited to see that we're funding and supporting our youth to come up with ways to design and find ways to help the Climate Action Fund here. So looking forward to doing whatever I can to push this money forward. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam President. And I would like to add Councillor Culpepper. And I would like to suspend the rules and add Councillor Flynn, please.”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“I filed this hearing order because the intersection of Tremont Street and Parker Street raises two important questions. How we make this busy intersection safer and who has the authority to change our public streets. A horrific fatal crash occurred at this intersection in July. The safety concerns are real and I understand why residents are frustrated by the pace of the city's response. The people who made these changes left a message on our nearby poll saying, if we won't, we will. That says a lot. People felt unheard and they wanted action. Frankly, I understand their frustration. Last…”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“thank you and thank you councilor well for adding me as a neighbor to codman square and as an at-large city councilor i think we all know that neighborhoods and parts of our city that have thriving small businesses coffee shops restaurants safe places clean parks are healthier and much easier to live in and not every neighborhood across the city has that So I'm happy to advocate and support something as important as this. We know that when people come together and they're putting their minds together and fighting for the same thing, knowing that together we can make this neighborhood as…”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Councillor Murphy, you have the floor. Thank you. Thank you, Councillor Pepin, for filing this. I think it's always important that we're talking about how we're going to support accelerating housing production. I do just want to go on the record. Councillor Flynn, thank you for reminding me. When this first was reported in the media a couple of weeks ago, I did reach out to the administration, made several phone calls to different people, and I was told that this on the mayor's plan here that what you're referencing is kind of based on why you're filing this hearing order was just in draft…”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yes. How many times can you put forth in the same hearing a request for reconsideration? Because we already took a vote. Could you continue to do that? Is there a limit?”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“No, I'm asking how many times. So, Megan, if you could help answer that question.”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“No, no, no, that's not my question, Councillor Braden. I'm saying in general for any reconsideration. How many times can you keep bringing the same question up if you don't get the vote you wanted first?”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Thank you. And thank you, Councillor Flynn, for uplifting tomorrow's hearing. And I'm sorry I was not at your hearing last week.”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026