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Feb 20

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg & a Heroin Case Preserved Private Property Laws

And let's not forget the $42,000 Range Rover...
By Davis Richardson
May 4

New York City Could Become First US City to Create Safe Injection Sites

In 2017, there were 1,441 overdose fatalities in the city.
By Madina Toure
Apr 9

Border Wall Idiocy Is Even Stupider Than ‘Just Say No’ Campaign

Trump likely knows this and doesn’t care.
By Chris Roberts
LAWRENCE, MA- August 15, 2017: Richard Long, 43, shows off one of his bracelets outside of his recovery center on Tuesday, August 15, 2017. Richard has been clean for 2-years and lost his wife last year to a carfentanil and Klonopin overdose.
Nov 2

New Study Links Cancer Treatment to Dangerous Opioid Addiction

By Francesca Friday
Communities nationwide are struggling with the unprecidented opioid pain pill and heroin addiction epidemic.
Oct 20

Norcross, MacArthur Urge Trump to Declare National Opioid Emergency

By Alyana Alfaro
Chris Christie. (Photo: Getty)
Sep 1

Christie Proposes Capping Pay to Doctors Prescribing Opioids

By Alyana Alfaro
Grateful Dead
May 24

The Grateful Dead Finally Get the Documentary They Deserve

By John Kruth
(L-R): Steve Shevlin, Johnny Thunders and Phil Marcade, 1979
May 2

Phil Marcade’s ’70s NY Punk Memoir Is the Stuff of Legend

By Justin Joffe
John Coltrane
Apr 13

‘Chasing Trane’ Illuminates the Spirit of John Coltrane

By John Kruth
Jonathan Shaw, AKA Jono AKA Cigano
Mar 29

Tattoo Artist Jonathan Shaw on Brawling With Bukowski and Other Wild Tales

By Justin Joffe
NORWICH, CT - MARCH 23: Oxycodone pain pills prescribed for a patient with chronic pain lie on display on March 23, 2016 in Norwich, CT. On March 15, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), announced guidelines for doctors to reduce the amount of opioid painkillers prescribed, in an effort to curb the epidemic. The CDC estimates that most new heroin addicts first became hooked on prescription pain medication before graduating to heroin, which is stronger and cheaper.
Mar 13

NYC Mayor Says ‘Corporate Greed’ Is to Blame for Opioid Epidemic

By Will Bredderman
The Heartbreakers.
Nov 15

The Heartbreakers Reunite to Perform Their ’70s Punk Classic ‘L.A.M.F.’

By Katherine Turman
Amy Winehouse
Oct 27

Don’t Romanticize Amy Winehouse’s Life, Death, or Her Music

By Justin Joffe
Dr. Mary Bassett's first few years as health commissioner has been dominated by microbes.
Sep 20

NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett Still Hears the Voices of Her Patients

By Jillian Jorgensen
Chaka Khan.
Jul 15

It’s Time We Erased the Myth of the Opioid Chic Musician

By Justin Joffe
Stonewall Inn
Jun 24

Afternoon Bulletin: Stonewall Becomes National Monument, Brexit Hits Wall St and More

By Josh Keefe
Keith Wright, chairman of the Manhattan Democratic Party.
Jun 17

House Candidate Sought to Limit Methadone Clinics—But Took Cash From Their Landlord

By Will Bredderman
A woman hands out tampons to demonstrators during the Occupy Wall Street protests in Zuccotti Park.
May 26

Afternoon Bulletin: State Ready to Abolish Tampon Tax, BK Navy Yard Gets a Park

By Lindsay Schneider
Recovered heroin needles.
May 25

Andrew Cuomo Declares Current Heroin Crisis ‘Worse Than’ Crack Epidemic

By Will Bredderman
Mayor Bill de Blasio with other leaders on Staten Island today (Photo: Will Bredderman for Observer).
Dec 7

In Staten Island, de Blasio Announces New Anti-Heroin Initiatives

By Will Bredderman
Former congressman Michael McMahon at a press conference on Staten Island. (Photo: Jillian Jorgensen for Observer)
Nov 3

Democrat Michael McMahon Wins Staten Island District Attorney Race

By Jillian Jorgensen
Joan Illuzzi and Michael McMahon, who are running for Staten Island district attorney, during a NY1/Staten Island Advance debate. (Screengrab: NY1)
Nov 2

Staten Island DA Race Boils Down to What a District Attorney Should Be

By Jillian Jorgensen
Matthew Smalls, right, with Brooklyn D.A. Kenneth Thompson (Photo: Facebook).
Feb 18

Eric Garner Inspires Staten Island Dem to Seek District Attorney Seat

By Will Bredderman
Former governor David Paterson (Photo: Getty Images).
Aug 29

Ex-Governor Paterson Blames Heroin Crisis on Childhood Medication

By Will Bredderman
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