Local News Boston Medical Center is increasing security at its campus near Mass. and Cass. An exterior view of Boston Medical Center. Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe The head of Boston Medical Center said Wednesday that the hospital’s main campus is experiencing a rise in the number of homeless people seeking shelter there since the city cleared … [Read more…]
Local News A three-day effort to clear the encampments was set to wrap up Wednesday. A worker with the Newmarket Business Improvement District pulls a tarp on Atkinson Street as the city works to clear encampments from Mass. and Cass. John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe Workers with the city and other groups continued clearing … [Read more…]
Local News A plan approved last week seeks to clear encampments and relocate people living in them to shelters. Work was underway Tuesday to clear the tents on Atkinson Street. Tony Rivera (right) from the Newmarket Business Improvement District cleans up the street where tents once stood. John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe Following Boston … [Read more…]
Local News Boston City Council is set to vote on Wu’s plan for clearing tents from Mass. and Cass this week. Tents line the area known as Mass. and Cass. Michael Dwyer/AP, File Days before Boston City Council is set to vote on Mayor Michelle Wu’s plan to clear encampments from Mass. and Cass, Councilor … [Read more…]
Local News “We have felt very good about what we’ve seen in the last several weeks.” Craig F. Walker/Boston Globe Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Thursday that no arrests have been made under a new city ordinance that gives police the ability to clear tent encampments more quickly in the city since the legislation started … [Read more…]