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The programs had seemed to help reduce the numbers of people living on the streets while facing mental health and substance use disorders, and address problems such as increasing violence in the encampment.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu delivered her State of the City speech at MGM Music Hall on Tuesday night.
City officials and health care professionals on Wednesday toured the now-dilapidated facilities. Inside, the buildings are in an eerie state of disrepair, nine years after being abandoned when the Long Island bridge shut down.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, her two sons, mental health specialists and substance abuse providers took a boat ride to Long Island in Boston Harbor Wednesday<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/boston-officials-tour-long-island-substance-abuse-recovery-center-ahead-of-planned-renovation-project/">Read More</a>
The event was organized by New Beginnings Re-Entry Services, which runs a residential program in Roxbury for women who have been recently released from incarceration.