Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s controversial plan to raise commercial tax rates hit another snag on Beacon Hill Monday, when it was blocked by a member of the Senate, with the City Council’s annual tax-rate-setting hearing bearing down the next day.

South Boston state Senator Nick Collins moved to postpone a vote on Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s proposal to temporarily adjust the city’s property tax formula.

The Massachusetts Senate tabled a vote on Mayor Michelle Wu’s property-tax proposal until Thursday, which Wu has said would be too late to put altered tax rates into effect.

Sen. Nick Collins of South Boston used a procedural maneuver to delay a vote on the controversial and time-sensitive Boston property tax bill until the Senate meets again on Thursday. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says the bill is necessary to prevent a major price hike for residential taxpayers.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu caught a break Monday when the absence of a Republican lawmaker who blocked her plan to hike commercial tax rates on two occasions last week allowed the bill to pass the

Mayor Michelle Wu's deal with the business community to stop property taxes from spiking for Boston homeowners could be in jeopardy after a South Boston lawmaker threw the brakes on the proposal at the State House.