Tag: Methadone

  • Film Screening: Exploring the Impact of Methadone on Communities of Color

    Film Screening: Exploring the Impact of Methadone on Communities of Color

    Tomorrow! Join “Swallow This” Directors in a Conversation About Methadone’s Impact on Communities of Color It was FREEDOM. Swallow THIS: A Documentary About Methadone and COVID-19 uncovers what happened in opioid treatment programs during the pandemic.   Join the directors and The Greater Harlem Coalition in a free screening and conversation with the directors on Saturday,…

  • Film Screening: Exploring the Impact of Methadone on Communities of Color

    Film Screening: Exploring the Impact of Methadone on Communities of Color

    Next week! Join “Swallow This” Directors in a fascinating conversation about how methadone has impacted communities of color like Harlem and East Harlem. The free film screening and discussion with the directors will be on Saturday, October 14th at 2:00 PM. All welcome. It was FREEDOM. Swallow THIS: A Documentary About Methadone and COVID-19 uncovers…

  • Eric Adams Visits Lex/125

    Eric Adams Visits Lex/125

    https://fb.watch/bu98DNspEf/ A History of Methadone and Harlem Across New York City, a certain kind of medicine is administered not in a regular pharmacy or a doctor’s office, but in its own kind of space altogether. Most often, these are brick-and-mortar locations, clustered in lower-income communities of color; increasingly, such treatment sites are mobile and distributed. In…

  • West 132 to be Named After Evelyn Thomas

    West 132 to be Named After Evelyn Thomas

    On Saturday, July 17, 2021 @ 12:30pm join the American Legion Post #398 of New York in co-naming West 132 Street between Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd and Frederick Douglass Blvd. This initiative by the Neighbors United of West 132 Street Block Association (or NUW 132) recently received the go-ahead from the City to co-name…

  • Numbers of Opioid Commuters

    The map below shows not only which zip codes are the home zip codes of men and women who commute into Harlem and East Harlem for opioid treatment, but the numbers of them. The darker the green, the more residents of that zip code commute into our community (typically daily) for their treatment. Hover over…

  • The Commute

    Recently I wanted to map out where people lived who commuted into East Harlem for opioid treatment (mostly methdone). The resulting map, below, shows that pretty much all of New York City hops on the subway, takes busses or cabs, or even rides ferries, to get to our 2 zip codes (10035 and 10029) in…

  • Mount Sinai and Methadone in Our Community

    With new data from a FOIL request to OASAS, we are able to contextualize the size/impact that Mount Sinai has on our community with their two major methadone hubs – West 124th Street, and East 125th Street (The Lee Building at Park Avenue). Looking at the screenshot below, you can see how large Mount Sinai’s…

  • Meeting With Mount Sinai, Tomorrow

    The Greater Harlem Coalition will have a town hall meeting tomorrow night at 7pm. You are welcome to join by registering here: https://fordham.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6UAWpErMRkuvGvMDgjQ_4w Mount Sinai will present on new security measures at their Park/125th Street methadone programs in the Lee Building. To hear more about their plans to address hanging out before and after treatment…

  • HNBA January Meeting – Jan. 12, 7:00 PM

    On Tuesday, January 12th at 7pm, Join HNBA in welcoming: Liz Crotty on who is running for Manhattan DA Ruth McDaniels who is running to replace Bill Perkins on the City Council Valerie Bradley from the Marcus Garvey Park Alliance We hope you’ll be able to attend with questions for the candidates. For the Zoom link, subscribe to…