Advocates rally for safe injection sites in NY
Advocates for safe injection sites met in Niagara Square Friday to send a message to Governor Andrew Cuomo.
and last updated 2021-07-30 19:36:45-04
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â Advocates for safe injection sites met in Niagara Square Friday to send a message to Governor Andrew Cuomo.
âDeclare a State of Emergency for New York State and create pilot programs for overdose prevention centers,â said Ryan Thoresen Carson, the Executive Director of No OD NY.
They want safe injection sites in New York, places where drug users can go to safely and cleanly use drugs. The sites they say also provide support and education for those who use drugs and can save lives.
/ Anya Duchon, owner and president of Chrusciki Bakery, holds up a platter of samples her business will serve at the 2021 Taste of Buffalo.
One year after COVID put it on hold, the Taste of Buffalo is returning to Niagara Square. Final preparations were underway Friday for the annual celebration of local restaurants, food trucks and wineries.
Planning began last year, while the pandemic still affected much of daily living. Given the uncertainty, this year’s Taste is a bit smaller. While in past years more than 60 vendors would participate, 25 are scheduled this year.
“When we started planning back in September, October, we weren t even sure if we were going to be able to have an event in person,” said Taste of Buffalo chair Amber Hartman. “We had to really be flexible. And we kept in contact with both state and local officials to understand what they were doing, what changes could be coming, and had to adapt pretty quickly to all of those changes.”