Boston redistricting map highlights Chinatown’s growing pains

Boston’s new redistricting map highlights growing pains in a vibrantly diverse city. The map was passed 11-2 on Oct. 31, the final deadline for the city council to have a map ready for the mayor’s approval a year before the city election in 2013.

Menino vetoes second redistricting map

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino rejected the second redistricting map submitted by the Boston City Council on September 24, citing once again concerns of an “over-concentration of protected groups” in districts.