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The majority of fatal overdose cases started via prescribed pills from doctors, prosecutors said.
HealingNYC is a $38 million annual program to end the opioid epidemic in the city.
About 1,200 people overdosed on heroin in 2016, compared to 335 murders, officials said.
104 people died from overdoses on Staten Island in 2016, the highest since the city began keeping track.
The city's overdose rate is three times as high as the murder rate, prompting police action.
Operation "Blue Angel" took down a five-person ring that sold heroin and fentanyl in Staten Island.
The governor also wants to add the synthetic drug fentanyl to the controlled substance list.
There have been eight suspected ODs, five fatal, since Dec. 21, the District Attorney said.
The bill would increase sentences for people who cut drugs with fentanyl.
The borough saw 146 deaths from heroin overdoses in 2015, according to city statistics.
A total of 84 gang members were indicted on charges related to 22 shootings and narcotics trafficking.
An informant told police this week that Hoffman was a regular at 302 Mott St., sources said.
Police are working to track down the people Hoffman was last seen with.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.