New York, May 7, 2026 (AFP) - NY to hire 500 addiction recovery mentors with opioid settlement cash

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2026-05-07

New York will invest $12 million of settlement funds from opioid manufacturers to recruit 500 specialists to help treat people battling addiction, the city's mayor said Thursday. The recruits will have battled addiction to alcohol or drugs themselves, recovered and been trained to help others. The goal of the four-year project is to drive down overdose deaths. In 2024, 2,192 New Yorkers died from overdose, according to official figures. "Too few......

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