Brian Worrell

District 4 Councilor

Brian Worrell focuses on protecting neighborhood services, supporting small businesses, and demanding transparent city budgets for District 4. He advocates for youth workforce development and homeownership programs while closely scrutinizing citywide transit and zoning plans that he argues ignore local community needs.

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Policy Priorities

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Youth and Workforce Development:Supports expanding after-school programs and skilled trades grants to connect students and underemployed young adults to direct career opportunities.

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Police Transparency:Backed reforms to establish clear timelines for releasing body-worn camera footage after serious incidents, arguing that residents need immediate information rather than placing the burden on eyewitnesses.

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Small Business Support:Pushed for a pilot program to extend local liquor license hours to 3 AM, viewing it as a practical way to boost neighborhood restaurants and gather data for permanent policy changes.

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Areas of Council Debate

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Residential Parking Minimums:Opposed a blanket citywide zoning plan to eliminate parking requirements for new housing, arguing the change harms local small business districts and pledging to advocate for an exemption for District 4.

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Blue Hill Avenue Redesign:Contested the city plan for a center-running bus lane on Blue Hill Avenue (Docket #0877), arguing that the project removes essential parking for residents and businesses without offering adequate transit improvements, and attempted to amend a resolution to remove the plan.

Represented:

Dorchester Mattapan Roslindale / West Roxbury

Wards:Ward 14: 1-13 · Ward 15: 1-2, 5 · Ward 17: 1-12, 14 · Ward 18: 1, 7 · Ward 19: 12

Policy Deep-Dive

Policy Stances

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Zoning & Land Use Modernization

October 8, 2026

Position Summary

Worrell opposes the blanket elimination of residential parking minimums, favoring exemptions for District 4 and questioning whether removing parking mandates actually increases housing unit counts rather than just benefiting developers without community gain.

Inclusionary Development Policy (IDP) Calibration

October 8, 2026

Position Summary

Worrell supports expanding the Inclusionary Development Policy (IDP) off-site housing radius, viewing it as a mechanism to provide developers with more flexible funding opportunities and accelerate housing production.

Tenant Protections & Anti-Displacement

October 8, 2026

Position Summary

He asserts that providing emergency housing relief is a core municipal responsibility, supporting the creation of city-backed funds to ensure support for at-risk residents is not delegated solely to community-based organizations.

Public Housing Operations & Oversight

October 8, 2026

Position Summary

Worrell actively monitors municipal housing administration vacancies, specifically advocating for the swift appointment of leadership, such as an executive director, to ensure robust operational oversight.

Contact

Emailbrian.worrell@boston.gov

Phone617-635-3131

OfficeBoston City Hall 5th Floor Boston , MA 02201 United States

First Elected2021

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Recent Council Activity

The real question is whether a center-running bus lane is the best long-term answer for our community. And before we answer that question, we ought to know what the alternative actually look like. Now let me be clear, nobody is saying build a train tomorrow. What we are saying is that before we lock ourselves into this corridor into one solution for the next generation, rail deserves a real modern evaluation...

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I want to protect against that and any administration changes in the future to codify this practice more formally.

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Are you able to provide the information for $2 million homes that sold $5 million. I would love to see like the ASR to those type of homes.

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Just looking forward to supporting this contract.

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any way that we can do it, partnership with the school, I love that idea. Um, I, you know, it's something that just seems so seamless, right? We already have a group of voters, um, in the schools who are probably waiting and ready to be engaged on, on this topic.

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Contested Votes

September 23, 2026Voted Yes

Legislation They Sponsored

479 of 479 dockets sponsored or co-sponsored

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Docket	Title	Issue Area	Role	Status
#1930	Resolution Recognizing the Twenty Fifth Anniversary of Opening Our Doors Day		Sponsor	Passed
#1929	Resolution Recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day		Sponsor	Passed
#1928	Resolution Recognizing Fire Prevention Week		Sponsor	Passed
#1927	Resolution Recognizing Breast Cancer Awareness Month		Sponsor	Passed
#1926	Resolution Recognizing National Disability Employment Awareness Month		Sponsor	Passed
#1925	Resolution Urging Emergency Shelter for Displaced Haitian Temporary Protected Status Holders	Housing	Sponsor	Passed
#1924	Resolution Honoring Bishop John M. Borders III Upon Retirement		Sponsor	Passed
#1923	Resolution Supporting the Artificial Intelligence Civil Rights Act	Governance & Oversight	Sponsor	Passed
#1922	Resolution Supporting Bizgrow Central and Inclusive Small Business Growth	Workforce and Economic Development	Sponsor	Passed
#1921	Resolution Urging Mass General Brigham to Negotiate in Good Faith	Workforce and Economic Development	Sponsor	Passed

Committee Involvement

Chair (2)

Vice Chair (1)

• Education

Member (10)