At a Boston City Council meeting on Wednesday, members discussed Councilor Ed Flynn’s resolution calling for a declaration of a public health and safety emergency around the Mass. and Cass area – a measure Boston.com readers largely agree with .

Councilor Ed Flynn offered stark remarks in support of the resolution.

“The conditions at not only massive chaos but also the surrounding neighborhoods in Roxbury, South Boston, Dorchester, the South End have significantly deteriorated.” In a second pressing statement, he said at the meeting, adding that “the city’s plan has failed. What has taken place there over a decade is completely unacceptable.”

Flynn’s resolution characterizes Mass. and Cass as the epicenter of a “humanitarian crisis” fueled by long-simmering issues of homelessness, add

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