Boston city councilor wants humanitarian crisis declared at Mass & Cass corridor

The embattled Mass and Cass corridor has long been the epicenter of Boston’s opioid crisis.

On Tuesday, Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn filed a resolution to declare the area around Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard both a public health and humanitarian crisis.

Citing discarded needles, human feces, and pubic drug use, Flynn says the city’s current Mass and Cass plan isn’t working…

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