Curtis Sliwa joins Bob Capano in calling for release of city-funded study of ‘Intravenous Injection Centers’
City Council Candidate Says City Hall Is Stalling to Protect Mayor’s Reelection Bid
In March, City Council candidate Bob Capano received an endorsement from Guardian Angels founder and popular WABC radio personality Curtis Sliwa. Now Sliwa is joining Capano in calling for the release of a city-funded study of intravenous injection centers.
Capano, a candidate for the 43rd City Council District (Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach), announced on Tuesday that Sliwa has joined his call on the City Council and Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito to provide the status of what he referred to as a long-overdue $100,000 taxpayer-funded study. Capano called the delay a stall tactic to hide the plan from voters before the general election.
According to Capano, in September 2016 the New York City Council announced that the city would allocate $100,000 in taxpayer funds for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct a six-month study on the feasibility of opening “Supervised Injection Facilities” in New York City. These centers would allow addicts to inject illicit drugs like heroin under medical supervision with sterile syringes in a safe and clean setting.