City officials and health care professionals on Wednesday toured the now-dilapidated facilities on Long Island. Inside, the buildings are in an eerie state of disrepair. Water damage is apparent, giving off a pervasive musty smell. There are fallen ceiling pieces and debris covering the floors, and paint peeling off walls and ceilings.
They've sat vacant for nine years on an island in Boston Harbor — more than a dozen buildings that once housed critical social service programs for people facing addiction and homelessness. Now city officials, led by Mayor Michelle Wu, are looking to restore the island's services as Boston grapples with the ongoing addiction crisis.
The Boston Public Health Commission oversees a 35-acre site on the island, which spans more than 200 acres. The city plans to renovate 11 of the buildings within that site and has budgeted $38 million to start repairing the decrepit structures. Outside, the grounds are covered in overgrown weeds; there's broken glass, graffiti and many boarded up windows — and sweeping views of Boston and the harbor."It was important for the provider organizations to see this and to begin to reimagine what the campus would look like going forward," Boston Public Health Commissioner Dr. Bisola Ojikutu said.
A posting of "The Twelve Steps" that are part of addiction recovery services that were once offered at the facilities on the Long Island campus. A room inside one of the buildings at the former Long Island recovery campus that has deteriorated over nearly a decade since social services there were shuttered when the city abruptly closed the bridge to the island.
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