Emerson shortchanges Boston Emerson College is spending millions gobbling up commercial properties near Boston Common to build a 280-foot-tall dorm while at the same time routinely shortchanging the city in paying its fair share for city services — rankling City Council President Stephen J. Murphy, who wants the school to square up its tab before getting approval to break ground. “They are in violation of their own tacit ...
July 28, 2013 - Boston Herald