Boston city leaders are set to discuss the ongoing situation at Mass. and Cass — the intersection at the crossroads of the South End, Southie and Roxbury that has long been the epicenter of the region’s addiction and homelessness crises. Boston City Council’s Committee on Public Health, Homelessness and Recovery will hold a hearing on the area on Tuesday afternoon,…
Boston city leaders are set to discuss the ongoing situation at Mass. and Cass — the intersection at the crossroads of the South End, Southie and Roxbury that has long been the epicenter of the region's addiction and homelessness crises.
Boston City Council's Committee on Public Health, Homelessness and Recovery will hold a hearing on the area on Tuesday afternoon, following a Public Health Commission meeting two weeks ago, when the board did not vote for an emergency declaration. Four Boston City Councilors are calling on the Public Health Commission to declare a state of emergency at Massachusetts Avenue and Melaena Cass Boulevard, warning that the level of sex trafficking, drug abuse and violence in the neighborhood has reached the point of needing a “dramatic intervention.”
The commission told the Boston Herald that the issue"requires lasting intervention" and that they don't want the legal tools to get tied up in a"temporary public health emergency."
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