In 2013, Linda Dorcena Forry was engaged in a bitter special election battle against a fellow state representative, Nick Collins, for a suddenly vacant state Senate seat. She won by a mere 378 votes. Five years later, it’s Forry who is leaving the seat in the middle of a state Senate term, prompting a special [...]
Article originally appeared in South Boston Today State Representative Dan Hunt (D-Dorchester) has announced he is supporting fellow House member Nick Collins for the First Suffolk Senate seat. “Nick Collins has been a tremendous partner in government” said Rep Hunt. “I know he will do an outstanding job our as our next state senator representing Dorchester, Mattapan, South Boston and [...]
Making the Seaport accessible to all By Nick Collins and Linda Dorcena Forry DECEMBER 29, 2017 While the explosion of development and commerce in the Seaport District is exciting, it is undeniable that communities of color are not part of the current boom. The neighborhood was a blank slate 15 years ago, when it [...]
Article originally appeared in The Bay State Banner By Jule Pattison-Gordon | 4/19/2017 A development expected to become the fourth largest hotel in Boston and the rest of the state is slated for development by a team with significant minority involvement. The $550 million, 1,054-room hotel will be built on Summer and D Streets in South [...]
Op-Ed Originally Appeared in the Boston Herald While Boston’s economic engine is chugging along at a record pace, some in our city are being left behind. One big reason is a lack of equity and connectivity in our public transit system. The South Boston Waterfront, also known as the Seaport, is booming with billions in [...]
February 7th, 2018 Boston City Councilors Annissa Essaibi-George and Frank Baker have joined Rep. Nick Collins’ team as co-chairs of his campaign for the open senate seat for the 1st Suffolk District. Essaibi-George, a native of Dorchester and a former Boston school teacher, is an at-large councilor and longtime friend and colleague who has worked with [...]
As I begin my eighth year as State Representative serving South Boston and Dorchester, I'm proud of our accomplishments so far this session and excited about the work ahead in 2018. We had a number of successes in 2017 in several key areas, including education, criminal justice reform, the environment, transportation, public safety, and economic [...]
By Jeremy C. Fox GLOBE CORRESPONDENT JANUARY 16, 2018 Eight state legislators are asking the Massachusetts attorney general to investigate a health care company that plans to close four nursing homes and an assisted living facility in Greater Boston, accusing it of misusing state money at the facilities it plans to shut down. “The question that needs to [...]
BOSTON - Representative Nick Collins has called for a hearing to be held by the Department of Public Health on the proposed closing of the Harborlights nursing and rehabilitation facility run by Kindred Healthcare. On December 1, 2017, Kindred notified the DPH, as well as staff and patients at their 6 facilities across Massachusetts that they intend to close [...]
BOSTON— This week, State Representative Nick Collins (D- South Boston) submitted testimony to the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Person with Disabilities on behalf of a bill he filed to ensure consistent, accurate, and effective training of mandated reporters. Mandated reporters include physicians, teachers, clergy members, social workers, and other individuals who act as [...]
