“People in prison deserve healthcare, and this is healthcare.” Legislators push to offer treatment for drug addiction in jails and prisons

State withholds have left harm reduction providers undersupplied, and informal overdose prevention networks are struggling to fill the gap.

Amid dramatic spikes in drug overdoses and HIV cases, legislators and public health professionals push for New York to decriminalize sterile syringes.

Many upstate cities don’t test old houses for lead poisoning until after children have already tested positive. A new bill would change that.

New York isn’t following through on guidance expanding take-home treatment to reduce Covid-19 spread, advocates say. Many patients must wait in line for treatment as many as six times a week.

“We get hit with this pandemic and then like, here you go, pay $2,400 by the end of the month.”

As New York recovers from a pandemic and an economic crisis that threw millions off their employer-based health insurance, proponents of the New York Health Act see a unique opportunity to make single-payer a reality.