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NYC drug users shoot up in broad daylight in Midtown

By Thomas A. Smith

The city suffered 1,446 overdose deaths in the first three quarters of 2020, the last period for which data is available, according to a report from the city Health Department, an increase of 38 percent of 2019 OD fatalities.

This is a city problem. How has the city eroded this far so quickly? asked Alcazar. With lack of treatment and open use of drugs & The city has lost its focus.

Meanwhile, a neighborhood normally filled with the buzz of tourists from around the globe passing between Penn Station and Times Square is the latest symbol of New York City s descent into decay and disorder.

via nypost.com