This series of five reports provides detailed data on trends regarding unintentional drug poisoning (overdose) deaths involving opioids between 2000 and 2013 in each of the five boroughs.
This series of five reports provides detailed data on trends regarding unintentional drug poisoning (overdose) deaths involving opioids between 2000 and 2013 in each of the five boroughs.
This report describes the trends in unintentional drug poisoning deaths, including analysis of the most recent preliminary 2014 mortality data. Notably, there was a 56% increase in unintentional overdose deaths since 2010. Seventy-nine percent of drug overdose deaths in 2014 involved an opioid. Heroin plays an increasing role in overdose deaths in New York City, accounting for 57% of all overdose deaths in NYC.
Overview of Department of Environmental Protection's recreational boating program at Cannonsville, Neversink, Pepacton, and Schoharie Reservoirs. DEP monitoring reveals that boaters, who are instructed to steam clean their approved watercraft before use, have had no negative impact on water quality. Watershed Agricultural Council opens the Pure Catskills Marketplace, an online market for farm and forest products. United States Environmental Protection Agency awards DEP a Breathe Easy Award for its response to Local Law 77, requiring diesel-powered non-road equipment of 50 horsepower or greater to be equipped with a filter.