Boston City Councilor Erin Murphy plans to push for an emergency hearing in light of a recent blog post published by a local researcher who analyzed 311 data and found reports of discarded needles have spiked and spread throughout the city.

Murphy plans to introduce a late-file “emergency order for a hearing regarding the increase and spread of needle-related public health and safety hazards in Boston” at the Wednesday City Council meeting.

“I have repeatedly called for the City of Boston to declare a public health and safety emergency to address the growing crisis at Mass and Cass,” Murphy said in a statement. “The latest data confirms what residents across our neighborhoods already see: this is no longer contained to one area.”

Murphy’s emergency order is responsive to a Substack post

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