A top Wu administration official indicated the city may be moving away from its harm reduction strategy as residents and politicians from Boston neighborhoods hurt by the Mass and Cass drug market spillover push for a long-term recovery solution.

Kellie Young said the city’s coordinated response team, which she heads, will have “strong recommendations for the mayor” on public safety, recovery and judicial initiatives by January, as the city considers a potential “pivot” in its strategy around tackling the open drug use, dealing and related crime at and around the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard.

Young said the city has been working hard with its state and city partners and community stakeholders to identify gaps in its strategy to end public drug use, in or

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