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50 New Eng. L. Rev. On Remand 1 (2015-2016)

handle is hein.journals/remand50 and id is 1 raw text is: A Continuing Look at Boston's Revised Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) Program: Updated Version 2.0 ERIC A. LUSTIG* They were all in the room, and they all agreed to this.... You made commitments; you gave your word. Is your word any good?1 [E]veryone understood these were going to be voluntary payments . . . . The City [of Boston] recognizes that these organizations make contributions far above what the formula might recommend in terms of community benefits -scholarships to Boston residents, partnerships with the schools and community centers, partnerships regarding athletic fields and facilities and arts facilities.2 INTRODUCTION n December 2010, the Mayor's PILOT Task Force issued its final report recommending changes to Boston's long-standing payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) program.3 This article examines the results for the first *Professor of Law and Director of Center for Business Law, New England Law I Boston. The author thanks Barry Stearns for his continuing research assistance. The author also thanks Adam Langely and Betsy Schmidt for their comments. 1 Matt Rocheleau, Many Colleges Not Paying Boston in Full for Services, BOSTON GLOBE (Oct. 27, 2014), https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/10/26/biggest-colleges-coming-short- voluntary-payments-city/lV2JcTaoNsmbnZGNx7VOYI/story.htm (quoting City Council member Stephen Murphy who also was a member of the Boston PILOT Task Force). 2 Id. (quoting Richard Doherty, president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts). 3 CITY OF BOSTON, MAYOR'S PILOT TASK FORCE: FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS (2010), available at http://www.cityofboston.gov/imagesdocuments/PILOT %20Task%20 Force%20Final%20ReportWEB%20_tcm3-21904.pdf. For an analysis of the Task Force's work and recommendations, see Eric A. Lustig, The Boston City PILOT Task Force: An Emerging Best Practice, 44 NEW ENG. L. REV. 601, 601 (2010) [hereinafter Lustig, The Boston City PILOT Task Force].

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