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NYC makes cash-for-syringes program permanent, spending $3 million in opioid settlement funds

July 19, 2026 · American Frontline News Staff

New York City will permanently pay drug users to return used needles, up to $10 a day, after Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration quietly locked the Community Syringe Redemption Program into the city's new budget. The $3 million line item, tucked...

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