Word: velluccis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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City Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci told Harvard officials Tuesday he would propose an ordinance to prevent the University from removing property from the city tax rolls without City Council approval unless Harvard agreed voluntarily to such a plan...
Councilor Alfred Vellucci, and Cambridge attorney David Sullivan accused Harvard of giving developers an incentive for increased condominium conversion by announcing that it would provide $2 million in loans for faculty housing in the city...
...legislation is especially aimed at protecting Cambridge's elderly, who Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci termed "the real victims of this scheme" to convert rental units into condominiums. Graham said the number of elderly seeking housing in Cambridge has doubled in recent years, largely because of the condominium conversions...
...University subsidy that Sullivan referred to was Harvard's recent announcement that it would provide up to $2 million to aid faculty members in finding housing in Cambridge. "That was like giving a lemon drop to the speculators--it made them drool," Vellucci said...
Harvard scientists, fearful of competition from universities in cities with less stringent DNA regulations, are pushing hard for enforcement of the latest guidelines. If Vellucci's past behavior is any clue, he will strenuously resist any attempts to change the ordinance. Krimsky says, "This whole issue of the ordinance could be a repeat of two years ago." That confrontation between Harvard and Cambridge left quite a few scars, and neither the University nor the city wants a repeat performance. But they may have no choice...