Zohran Mamdani: “We made the decision to keep our overdose Prevention center…”

“What we found over the course of that time period was that there are tools that we can utilize to try and keep more and more New Yorkers safe. For example, with the three New Yorkers who had overdose related deaths, We made the decision to keep our overdose Prevention center open for 24 hours through the weekend. It's typically only Monday to Friday. We found so many New Yorkers responding to that new capacity. That's going to be a critical part of how we move forward.” (01:53–02:03)

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