A day after Boston Mayor Michelle Wu warned the area had reached a 'new level' of public safety concern, lawmakers who represent the district pushed for law enforcement to play an increased role in keeping it clear.
A day after Boston Mayor Michelle Wu warned the area around Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue had reached a"new level" of public safety concern, lawmakers who represent the district pushed for law enforcement to play an increased role in keeping it clear.
She was able to leave the encampment at the corner of Atkinson and Southampton streets a few months ago. Now,"it's just a horrible, horrible, horrible scene," she said.Sign up for NECN newsletters. Wu and the City Council were working on a new strategy to address the issue, but it wasn't immediately clear what it would entail and when it would be implemented.
Moran said the goal of the sweep would be targeting people who have a history of violence, sexual assault, drug distribution and human trafficking. He also urged them to eliminate and enforce bans for"tents, lean-tos, and any other unpermitted structure, temporary or permanent, in the area." "We can no longer sit by and watch as part of our City and Commonwealth descends into a disgraceful vortex of drugs, human trafficking, toxic waste and violence," Collins said."This is a public health and safety emergency, so it requires a public health and safety response."
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