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NY To Open 6 New Centers To Help Recovering Opioid Users

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas

Published June 29, 2016 at 6:32 PM EDT

New York state is funding the creation of six new recovery centers to help people trying to overcome heroin and opioid addiction.

The new facilities will be located in Saratoga Springs, Newburgh, Staten Island, Long Island, Buffalo and Watertown - funded by $10.5 million in state money announced Wednesday by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

They will offer services to recovering users including workforce training, and assistance with insurance and health care.

It's one piece of a broader state effort to address the rise in heroin and opioid use and abuse.

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Dave Lucas

Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.

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