Councilors Clash Over Harbor Point

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"The people going to testify [before the Human Rights Committee] have been convicted for nonpayment of rent, drug activity," said [Maureen Feeney], who missed most of the first hearing at Harbor Point, saying she had other commitments, and reportedly missed all of the second meeting. "I am really offended that we cannot work with management, that we have to try to publicly humiliate the very people who transformed the Columbia Point community."

Roxbury Councilor Chuck Turner, who along with colleague Charles Yancey has led the council's investigation into the allegations at Harbor Point, raised the ire of Feeney and other councilors last week when he introduced a resolution calling for Boston Police's Youth Violence Strike Force to report back to the Human Rights Committee on the strike force's investigation of the harassment allegations.

"I don't understand why this [resolution] is offensive to anyone," said [Felix Arroyo]. "We don't need to defend those who have not committed any crime. If nobody did anything wrong, we'll find that out. It is our responsibility to investigate."

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Councilors Clash Over Harbor Point

Maureen Feeney faces a dilemma. She sits on the board of the Boys Club Youth Center at Harbor Point, a mixed-income development in Dorchester, and has ties with the Corcoran Je...

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