Resources for Research and Analysis

Below is a list of data sources and reference material we have used to derive our analysis on oversaturation of drug treatment facilities and homeless shelters:

2020 Mar: NYC Bronx: A packed townhall meeting pushed back on proposed drug treatment center on Councilman Gjonaj – (cbslocal.com)
2019 Nov: Philadelphia: Residents push back on safe injection site– (NPR)
2018 Sept: Nationwide background info: In 8 years, deaths caused by overdoes doubled. In 2017, opioid related death claimed 49,068 lives, plus cocaine related death claimed 72,306 lives – (nydailynews.com)
2018 May: NYC Inwood & others: Mayor, with support from NYPD, planned 4 new safe injection sites, called “Overdose prevention centers” in Gowanus, Washington heights, midtown and the Bronx despite witnessing quality of life issues in Canada caused by these sites – (NY Daily News, The Daily Wire)
2017: NYC Harlem: 231 bed $25M drug treatment center opened on Wards Island – (nydailynews.com)
2017: Orange country in California: Investigated into homelessness caused by California becoming a “hub for rehab” – (ocregister.com)
2017: North New Jersey: Neighbors demand to know how ‘rehab’ house opened without notification – (northjersey.com)
2011: NYC Financial District: Pushed back on expansion of Maiden Lane Methadone clinic- (DNAinfo)

2020 Mar: Treatment of 30,000 NYC methadone patients in COVID and new mobile methadone delivery pilot –(filtermag.org , Next City, nypost.com)
[NEW] 2019 Dec: Description of the medical challenges faced by residents in homeless shelters in New York City – (The New York Medical Journal)

2020: Lack of drug treatment in rural areas in upstate New York and over concentration in NYC (wisc.edu)
2020 Oct: OASAS and Department of Mental Health might merge (ny.gov)
2020 Jul: Substance abuse treatment programs warn of ‘dire’ consequences from cuts – (buffalonews.com, poststar.com)
2019 April: OASAS revised guidance in recertification to include DCP (Diversion Control Plan) to control resell of dispensed drugs – (OASAS)
2019: OASAS certification application process – (SMA form, OASAS increase form, Instructions for the form, waiver form, introduction, actual regulation, accreditation program)
2019: Wards Island Homeless Shelter Gets New Deal Despite Troubles – (THE CITY)
2017: Minutes recording OASAS’ process of allocating capacities to Binghamton and the key metrics of AMA (Against Medical Discharge) as key success metrics (gobroomecounty.com)
2014: research of variation in treatment received by different race and income groups in NYC – (nih.gov)
Insurers resisted covering drug rehab. Then her son overdosed and died– (Vox)

Opioid related data in New York State: East Harlem has the higher rate of overdose death (see the last slide) – (DOH 2018, ny.gov, methadone users, Nymag with 36,000 in 1999)
List of social services locations in East Harlem as part of East Harlem rezoning plan review. See slide 22 – (NYC Environment Impact Assessment FEIS)
List of OASAS certified programs – (on OASAS website)
Those who propose Buprenorphine for treatment to improve access (NYtimes)
New York State OASAS budget:(OpenBudget.ny.gov)
Zip code mapped to NYC community – (Zipcode to community map)
Charting tool to see boundaries of NYC communities and legislative regions -(boundaries mapping tool)
Community board level health data, such as life expectancy, drug related accidental death – ( NYC Health)
New York City’s homelessness data – (icphusa , coalition for the homeless, )
Ask for Freedom of Information Act FOIL data – (Open FOIL NY)
NYC open data tool to find mental health services and homeless shelter data. Search for “Mental Health” and “Homeless Shelter”- (NYC Open Data)