"It just felt like there was one goal post after another,” Wu said, issuing her first public remarks since the Senate’s top leader said the chamber would not take up the proposal again this year.

Mayor Michelle Wu criticized legislators Wednesday for failing to pass her tax shift proposal despite months of negotiations and compromise.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s controversial plan to hike commercial tax rates is dead, according to damning comments made Monday night by Senate President Karen Spilka. Spilka said she’s “heard clearly” from members of the Senate that “there is currently not sufficient support” for the bill,