Dozens of tents reappear in Boston’s Newmarket Square – Boston 25 News

2021-11-13 09:17:11 By : Ms. siqi guan

Boston-Dozens of camps reappeared near the Mass and Cass site in Boston, where more than 150 tents were forced to evacuate.

The outgoing mayor, Kim Janey, signed an executive order last month banning the use of tents in public places. For weeks, municipal staff have been clearing camps on Southampton Street and Lower Roxbury near the southern end.

Community activists told Boston 25 News that about two-thirds of people have entered shelters, treatment facilities, or housing conditions. They said the others had migrated less than 500 yards south, reaching the corner of Newmarket Square and Theodore Glynn Way.

Sue Sullivan, president of the Newmarket Business Association, said: “The city is setting up tents and begging people to hide in shelters.” “The shelters are not perfect, but they are better than the women raped in these tents. Or women who overdose are much better."

Sullivan told Boston 25 News that the new row of about 50 tents is now closer to companies that are highly concentrated in the food industry.

Sullivan explained: "These are all our food businesses, and they sell to every restaurant and grocery store in Boston." "They can't have this kind of public health crisis here. It's just not safe."

According to Sullivan, some business owners in the new location have been dealing with threats and damage to their property.

"Four nights ago, they set fire to the pallets on the loading dock. Sullivan explained that this caused a loss of $150,000 to the business. "Someone is going to be killed. "

Business leaders pointed out that the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit last week to delay further action. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of three homeless people last Thursday to protect the "legal rights and safety" of those expelled from the camp. Since then, a judge issued an order to send the lawsuit to the High Court for rapid review.

Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, said: "This order reflects the seriousness of this lawsuit, and New York City should see it as an opportunity to suspend enforcement actions so that the High Court can consider these critical issues. "For the plaintiffs and others living in Massachusetts and the Cass region, displacement does not only mean losing their homes; in fact, it cuts off their access to life-sustaining drugs, services, and communities. Legally and practicable. Until alternative housing is firmly in place, the City of Boston has no need to promote these harmful displacements."

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