newscrisismental-healthNew York Is Adding Psychiatric Beds. Addiction Care Rides on Them.New York State and New York City are both buying inpatient psychiatric capacity this fall — 30 beds rebuilt in Syracuse, 40 added at Bellevue in Manhattan — while the state's 21 crisis emergency programs log more than 110,000 visits a year. For people with substance use disorders, those beds are often the only door open after hours.October 9, 20267 min read
newsfundingsettlementBroome County Puts $800,000 Behind Eight Addiction ProgramsThe county closed Recovery Month by naming eight organizations that will share a third round of settlement money. Suspected fatal overdoses in Broome fell 43 percent last year, from 49 to 28, but the county's death rate remains among the worst in New York.October 2, 20267 min read
newsmatbuprenorphineNew York County Jail Runs $866,000 Short on Opioid Treatment FundingSt. Lawrence County allocated nearly $900,000 for state-mandated jail MAT programs this year. New state aid figures show the county received less than one-fifth of what the program costs to run.August 27, 20266 min read
newsfentanylopioidSyracuse Sweep Seizes Enough Fentanyl for 180,000 Fatal DosesThirteen people were arrested and 37 illegal firearms were seized in Operation Clean Sweep, a joint federal-state-local action in Onondaga County. Officials say the fentanyl recovered alone could have killed 180,000 people.August 6, 20262 min read
newsmatopioidAuburn Providers Land $350,000 Federal Grant to Expand Opioid TreatmentTwo Auburn-based providers — a community health center and a state-licensed outpatient clinic — have been jointly awarded $350,000 in federal funding to expand medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in rural Cayuga County.August 4, 20263 min read
