Boston Mayor Michelle Wu took a swipe at the state Senate for killing her plan to hike commercial tax rates, while the City Council swiftly opted to set tax rates based on a conciliatory

The House passed the Boston property tax relief bill in order to give the City the flexibility it needed to avoid double-digit residential tax increases," House Ways & Means Committee Chairperson Aaron Michlewitz said.

After a controversial property tax bill from Boston hit a dead end this week following months of back and forth between Beacon Hill and City Hall, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday that the “intensive process” of working with Massachusetts lawmakers to get the local policy approved only to be shot down by the Senate in the eleventh hour was “an eye-opening experience.