Eight months after declaring downtown Boston’s public safety situation “urgent,” officials gathered again Thursday to measure progress — and confront persistent challenges.
Representatives from numerous agencies, including Boston police, city councilors and the Downtown Boston Neighborhood Association, reconvened in the Emerson College Theatre to evaluate progress on those promises.
“We want to give a glimmer of hope and optimism from where we have gotten, and where we want to go,” said Rishi Shukla, a 25-year downtown resident and co-founder of the Downtown Boston Neighborhood Association, host of Thursday’s meeting…