County mental health officials promote harm reduction
The state Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors published a position statement on harm reduction strategies.
State board urges research into controversial harm reduction tools
The State Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Board is trying to build support for controversial harm reduction methods.
Harm reduction activists provide Hochul with drug policy roadmap
VOCAL-NY has given Gov. Kathy Hochul just 45 days to implement their drug policy roadmap for New York.
Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Board makes recommendations
Harm reduction is top funding priority for Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Board
New York on precipice of decriminalizing syringe possession after years of advocacy
Harm reduction activists poised for big victory against New York's war on drugs
Introducing New York’s top doc
We have a wide ranging conversation Dr. Jim McDonald, the recently confirmed commissioner for the state health department.
Senate Dems endorse overdose prevention centers
Senate Democrats are calling for the state to invest resources into overdose prevention centers.
State defends response to Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Board
The state Office of Addiction Services and Supports is not backing down from its response to recommendations on spending opioid settlement money.
Hochul administration rejects investments in overdose prevention centers
Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration is rejecting a recommendation from a state advisory panel to invest funds obtained from legal settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributers into overdose prevention centers, as part of an investment in harm reduction measures to
Central New York responds to opioid overdose surge
Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente Jr. discusses the public health response to the opioid epidemic in central New York.
