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During the research period, the monthly average number of 911 calls for crime and other emergencies near the overdose prevention centers decreased 30%.

Grei Mendez and Carlisto Acevedo Brito were charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, among other charges.

Overdose deaths did not increase quite as sharply in 2022 as in the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the figures still show the overdose crisis is taking the greatest toll on Black New Yorkers and residents of high-poverty neighborhoods.

Police say they discovered a drug processing tool at the facility.

The city’s program uses scanners that you’d typically find in a graduate school chemistry labs, allowing them to detect fentanyl or other dangerous substances in the drug supply.

In the past, Gov. Kathy Hochul has refrained from explicitly denying her support for these types of programs, which are also known informally as safe injection sites.

Investigators say the lethal mix lived up to its name, nearly killing a man in the Bronx in September.

NYC recently invested $70 million in the anti-opioid policing.

The DEA said if the seized drugs are all fentanyl, then "This seizure alone contains enough potency to kill half of the population of New York City."

Officials say the drugs could have caused up to 7 million overdoses.