The City Council has overwhelmingly passed the controversial needle buyback program pushed by progressive pols, policy critics say will only incentivize drug use already plaguing the Big Apple.
The taxpayer-funded, year-long pilot program is expected to begin in the next month or so, with the Health Department opening buyback locations in five of the city’s 51 council districts where the agency believes the highest need exists.
Junkies will earn up to 20 cents per used syringe they return but would be capped at $10 daily, according to theCouncilwoman Diana Ayala , the bill’s sponsor, said the measure’s “overall aim is to connect users with organizations that can put them onto a path of recovery, while at the same time, cleaning up our streets” of discarded needles.
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