Four Boston city councilors are urging public health officials to declare a state of emergency at the Mass. and Cass area of the city that has become synonymous with the substance abuse crisis plaguing the region. Councilors Erin Murphy, Frank Baker, Ed Flynn and Michael Flaherty signed the letter, asking that the Boston Public Health Commission take a vote to…
Four Boston city councilors are urging public health officials to declare a state of emergency at the Mass. and Cass area of the city that has become synonymous with the substance abuse crisis plaguing the region.
"We have reached a stage where dramatic intervention is vital," the letter said."We need real solutions that address underlying problems and causes. We believe that the risk exists of compounding the “Mass and Cass” problem by attempting politically expedient solutions that do not address the underlying problems."
"Additionally, a recent proposal to relocate clinical services and add a shelter at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Albany Street would continue adding to the undue burden already shouldered by the South End and Roxbury neighborhoods," the letter continued. rejecting an attempt to immediately adopt the mayor's strategy for addressing encampments in an area that's at the center of the state's opioid epidemic.The council sent an ordinance from Mayor Michelle Wu related to the homeless encampment at Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard to its Committee on Government Operations -- after on the border of Roxbury and the South End grabbed headlines and sparked strong reactions across Boston.
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