The brief highlights the prevalence of non-medical use of benzodiazepines (without a prescription or in a manner other than prescribed), trends in overdose deaths involving benzodiazepines, and benzodiazepine prescribing patterns in New York City.
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is partnering with The Trust for Public Land to construct green playgrounds at New York City public schools, which benefit the health of students as well as surrounding waterways. Three veteran DEP Police officers were promoted during a ceremony at the Eastview Precinct in Valhalla, New York. The DEP has released an interactive mapping tool showing recreational opportunities in its upstate watersheds.