Mass. and Cass

A pedestrian was taken to the hospital after a crash in the area known as Mass. and Cass in Boston Wednesday. Police confirmed they were investigating the crash at Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard. The victim was taken to Boston Medical Center. Their condition was not clear. An NBC10 Boston crew at the scene reports a Boston police cruiser...

Two people were hospitalized Monday after a motorcycle hit a pedestrian in Boston. Police say the crash happened near the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard. The motorcyclist and the person who were hit were hospitalized. Their conditions were not immediately known. No further information was immediately available.

The epicenter of the region’s substance use disorder, mental health and unsheltered homelessness crises at Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard is “in a different and better, safer position” than one year ago, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday, but an influx of individual migrants is now stressing the city’s shelter system. Massachusetts has been under a declaration of...

A day after the Boston City Council approved a new Mass. and Cass ordinance, Mayor Michelle Wu provided an update on what the city is doing to help those living in tents transition from the troubled area. Starting Thursday, Wu said the Inspectional Services Department will post notices around the area to inform people about the prohibition of tents, tarps…

The Boston City Council has approved Mayor Michelle Wu’s proposal to give police the authority to clear encampments in the area known as Mass. and Cass, but many cast doubt on the city’s ability to help the people who are living in those tents once they’ve been cleared. City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo voted against his own version of the...

Included on Tuesday’s hearing agenda, which is scheduled for 2 p.m., is the discussion of a resolution calling for a state of emergency, and an order for a hearing to discuss the humanitarian crisis at the intersection.

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…

The Boston City Council quietly moved one of the most-talked-about issues in the city into its legislative process Wednesday with little discussion in the chamber, 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...

Boston’s mayor discussed her plan to reopen the addiction recovery campus that once operated on Long Island in the Boston Harbor after visiting the facility Wednesday. Mayor Michelle Wu, along with Commissioner of Public Health and Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, held a news conference to share the latest on the plan for the...

Despite repeated attempts to do something about the tents and trauma at Boston’s Mass. and Cass area, there seems to be no solution that’s working. “Give these people somewhere to stay so they can get off the streets,” said Gwendolyn Jones, who lives at a neighborhood shelter and knows how dangerous the area can be. “It’s really scary, they...

A person was stabbed Tuesday night in Boston’s troubled Mass. and Cass area, police said. The stabbing occurred around 9 p.m. on the 800 block of Massachusetts Avenue, according to the Boston Police Department. Authorities say the victim was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Police have not said whether any arrests have been made.

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. Ten police officers are now working in the Mass. and Cass area 24 hours a day….

Despite efforts to clean up Boston’s troubled Mass. and Cass area, it is still rife with crime, and violence has spiked in recent weeks. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday that the situation has become dangerous enough that even outreach workers are not feeling comfortable anymore. Sue Sullivan, the executive director of the Newmarket Business Improvement District, which works...

A man was arrested after a foot chase in Boston on Monday morning. The chase took place in the Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue area around 7:50 a.m. Police said that the man, identified as 27-year-old Joseph W. Russell, ran from them and then tried to instigate an attack on the officers. An state police lieutenant was transported to…