Senate task force to hold hearing in Brooklyn on heroin addiction
Golden says drugs are ‘cheap and easy to get’
State lawmakers, doctors and families of young people killed by heroin overdoses will all be in Dyker Heights later this month for a hearing aimed at finding solutions to a shocking and growing problem of drug abuse in New York.
The state Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction will hold a hearing on Friday, Feb. 26, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1305 86th St., starting at 2 p.m.
The bipartisan task force is chaired by state Sens. Terrence Murphy (R-Hudson Valley), George A. Amedore Jr. (R-Montgomery County) and Robert Ortt (R-Niagara County).
State Sen. Marty Golden (R-C-Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights-Southwest Brooklyn), a member of the task force, arranged for the hearing to take place in his senate district.