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The Brian Lehrer Show

30 Issues in 30 Days: NYC's Overdose Prevention Centers

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

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4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

A look at the mayoral candidates' stances on overdose prevention centers in New York City.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC.

0:14.0

Good morning again, everyone.

0:15.7

Now we continue our election series, 30 issues and 30 days.

0:19.4

And we're in the final stretch of our series with

0:21.4

issue number 28 today, should New York City keep, expand, or eliminate its so-called safe

0:27.8

injection sites. Now, those sites are intended to allow people to use certain illegal and

0:33.2

dangerous drugs in a supervised setting. Currently, the city has two such sites, which were

0:39.2

established after the pandemic under Mayor Eric Adams. Here are all three candidates from last

0:44.8

week's mayoral debate answering a question from my co-moderator, Errol Lewis of New York One,

0:50.0

during the lightning round. Would you expand, decrease, or keep the same number of so-called safe injection sites for drug

0:57.3

users in the city?

0:58.6

Mr. Momdani.

0:59.8

Can you say the options again?

1:00.9

Expand, decrease, or keep the same?

1:02.8

Keep the same.

1:03.7

Mr. Cuomo.

1:05.1

Keep.

1:06.2

Close them down.

1:08.2

Republican candidate Curtis Lewa speaking last there, saying close them down.

1:12.8

The breakout news was that Democratic candidates around Mamdani, a longtime supporter of

1:18.9

expanding the sites, now seems to agree with independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, to keep

1:24.4

the number the same, just two.

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