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Drug Treatment

A person sleeps on a subway platform at the Broadway-Lafayette station, Jan. 23, 2022.
Posted inTransit

Drug Overdoses Spiked in Subway But Data Lag Hinders Action

Aug. 12, 2024, 5:00 a.m.April 2, 2025, 10:11 a.m.
The most recent statistics available — from 2022 — on fatal overdoses in the New York City transit system show an alarming 93% jump in cases.
"hikma" pharmaceutical company name in front of white and glass curved building sits down a long white and grey driveway.
Posted inOpioid Crisis

Pharma Firm That Owes Millions in Opioid Settlement Wants in on Lucrative Anti-Overdose Drug Contract

July 16, 2024, 5:00 a.m.July 16, 2024, 3:37 p.m.
For years New York has procured naloxone from a single supplier, but Hikma Pharmaceuticals is fighting hard to get a contract — despite evidence that their double-dose version increases the risk of withdrawal symptoms.
Opioid Settlement Advisory Board member Joyce Rivera speaks at a Midtown meeting.
Posted inDrug Treatment

NYC Is Spending Millions in Opioid Settlement Funds. How Exactly Remains a Mystery.

July 10, 2024, 7:45 p.m.July 10, 2024, 10:44 p.m.
of the state’s opioid advisory board railed at city officials Wednesday over the lack of transparency about how funds designated for treatment, recovery and prevention have been spent.
The Community Health Action bus on Bay Street in St. George, S.I., June 27, 2024.
Posted inDrug Treatment

Xylazine Hits Staten Island Hard as Politics Holds Up Help

July 3, 2024, 5:00 a.m.July 3, 2024, 11:05 a.m.
The borough has the highest rate of overdoses linked to the animal tranquilizer, which is increasingly being mixed into fentanyl.
Posted inThe Bronx

Drug Treatment Clinic Declared ‘Dead’ Buys Bronx Property, Defying Opponents

March 3, 2020, 8:24 p.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.
Records show Carnegie Hill Institute purchased a Williamsbridge Road building residents complain is too close to schools for a clinic.
Posted inThe Bronx

East Bronx Politicians Groundswell of Opposition to Drug Treatment Clinics

Nov. 14, 2019, 4:00 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.
While saying they seek solutions to a deadly opioid epidemic, officials across the spectrum rally to stop planned facilities — the latest in Allerton.

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