CNC Member, Film Director at Odds Over City's Rules for Film Crews

Charlestown Neighborhood Council member Bill Galvin feels companies should do a better job of notifying residents about production plans.

A discussion over Boston's policy regarding notification about film crews coming to Charlestown streets got somewhat heated Tuesday night, as Charlestown Neighborhood Council member Bill Galvin told a city representative he felt 72 hours notice was not enough. Galvin had requested in December that someone from the city come in to talk with the council after receiving what he felt was late notice about a production crew coming to Charlestown to do pick-up shots for Donnie Wahlberg’s new reality show, “Boston’s Finest.” Patricia Papa, film director with the city’s Film Bureau, spoke at the CNC meeting on Jan. 8, saying Boston was one of the strictest cities in the country in which to film. “Film companies are used to rolling into New York …

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