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Report: New York’s Highway Heist
May 11, 2024
Wherever we live across New York, we need and deserve safe, reliable transportation options. Without shifting gears, New Yorkers can expect more of the same traffic congestion and air pollution...
Drug Checking Services Bill Sign-On Letter
May 3, 2024
With an unpredictable drug supply that underscores a surge in preventable overdoses, we urge lawmakers to pass the critical Drug Checking Services Bill (S4880/A7487) to ensure that New York remains...
Letter to Governor Hochul: EXPAND OF OVERDOSE PREVENTION CENTERS AND FUND Them WITH OPIOID SETTLEMENT DOLLARS
January 5, 2024
The 111 undersigned organizations write to express our strong disappointment with your letter to the Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Board rejecting their recommendation to use funds to support an Overdose...
2024 Sate Legislative Session Platform
December 1, 2023
Solving Ongoing Crises of Homelessness, Overdose and Criminalization by Building Safe and Thriving Communities 2024 Legislative Session The intersecting issues of the homelessness and overdose crises are at record levels,...
Fact Sheet: New York’s Piece-Meal Exoneration Process is Inadequate & Fundamentally Unfair
August 24, 2023
According to the National Registry of Exonerations, New York ranks third in the nation in exonerated wrongful convictions. The National Registry lists 326 known exonerations. This statistic shows both that...
DEMANDS TO END THE CRISIS OF RIKERS ISLAND
August 17, 2023
In a letter to Eric Adams, we are again calling on him to address the growing crisis of Rikers Island and at the City’s other jails by moving forward with...
A Roadmap for Opioid Settlement Funds: Supporting Communities & Ending the Overdose Crisis
August 14, 2023
VOCAL-NY is proud to join a list of more than 130 organizations representing advocates and experts from public health, overdose prevention, and drug policy across the nation in releasing a...
Receivership of Rikers: Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize
August 9, 2023
Rikers Island has been a hotbed for humanitarian violations for decades. Every year for the past decade, at least 10 people have died as a result of conditions on Rikers...
2023 Sign-on Letter Supporting the Safer Consumption Services Act (SCSA)
May 10, 2023
We write to you as 73 organizations working on the front lines of New York State’s heart-wrenching overdose crisis. The overdose crisis is a kitchen-table issue that affects every corner...