House Speaker Robert DeLeo is set to headline a neighborhood crime meeting in Dorchester on Wednesday night. The event is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Joseph Lee School at 155 Talbot Ave.
DeLeo (D-Winthrop) will be joined by state Rep. Eugene O’Flaherty, the House chair of the Judiciary Committee and Chelsea Democrat.
State Rep. Russell Holmes, a Mattapan Democrat and member of the House side of the Judiciary Committee, will provide the introduction.
Their appearance comes as state lawmakers attempt to hash out a compromise version of sentencing bills passed in the House and Senate last year. The Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus is opposed to the bills, arguing that it disproportionately affects minorities and saying House members did not have time to fully digest the House version of the bill. The bills’ supporters say the legislation cracks down on habitual offenders.
