State Sen. Nick Collins is joining the chorus of voices calling for a new approach to combat Boston’s revived open-air drug market at Mass and Cass, saying that the mayor’s decision to put housing before treatment is what doomed her plan. Originally Published: July 30, 2024 at 5:11 a.m. Read original article here Denial of … Read more
Boston’s mayor said there are no plans to transition a building that’s been sheltering migrant and homeless adults for months back into a Mass and Cass addiction outreach center despite the crowds and drug use returning to the area. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Read original article … Read more
The warmer weather has drawn the crowds back to the city’s open-air drug market at Mass and Cass, which one city councilor says is alarming the community despite the mayor’s insistence that the area is much safer since last year’s tent crackdown. City Councilor Ed Flynn said roughly 70–80 people have been gathering and openly … Read more
City officials, volunteers and community members gathered to carol on a corner of the embattled Mass and Cass neighborhood Tuesday, optimistically heralding a brighter future for the area and its residents as the city heads into a new year. “Most of our men and women have all been working on themselves over the last year,” … Read more
