In 1990, 54 percent of injection drug users in New York City were HIV positive. To combat the disease, state lawmakers legalized clean syringe exchange programs in 1992. By 2001, the HIV rate ...

With complaints about syringe litter on the rise, the New York City Council is considering a new way to keep needles off of sidewalks and out of parks: Paying drug users to turn them in.

The city Sanitation Department reported picking up 32,680 syringes in public places from ... Adams administration’s commitment to keeping New York City streets clean,” said Sanitation ...

The launch of the city’s syringe buyback program stems from a ... the heels of a record-breaking year for overdose deaths in New York City. The city saw more than 3,000 overdoses in 2022 ...

disabilities and addiction hearing Tuesday that would implement a syringe buyback program at the city’s two Overdose Prevention Centers in the hopes of incentivizing New Yorkers who use drugs to ...

operating in New York City, to offer financial incentives for the return of used needles, syringes, and sharps to overdose prevention centers for their disposal," a description of the legislation ...

A man prepares to use a syringe to inject a substance ... to dismantle every open-air drug market in the city. It would send a message that New York is no longer in the business of accepting ...

The New York Police Department is asking the public for help finding a man who allegedly used a syringe to rob a Manhattan Home Depot. The robbery occurred at approximately 3:22 p.m. ET on Sept.

in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images, FILE The city also said it continues to provide support to its syringe service programs, which distribute sterile needles and other supplies to people ...

When the syringe tides struck again in the summer of 1988—like a terrible blockbuster sequel—the consequent media event spread fear even more effectively than the original. New York City’s ...

Thanks to New York City's new drug checking program ... that has hampered some other harm reduction services, such as syringe exchanges. SHEILA VAKHARIA: There are a lot of really challenging ...