From NYpost.com…
Mayor Bill de Blasio is reviving a long-stalled plan to open supervised shooting galleries around the Big Apple — amid a surge in overdose deaths and shocking scenes of junkies shooting up on Manhattan sidewalks in broad daylight.
During a virtual news conference Tuesday, de Blasio called the junkie safe havens “an idea whose time has come” and said he was moving forward with the controversial proposal he first floated in 2018 because he finally had “the kind of potential cooperation” he needed from President Biden and Gov. Kathy Hochul after a decided lack of support from former President Donald Trump and ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The lame-duck mayor’s remarks were met with immediate opposition from some pols and business leaders.
“It’s time to put the idea to bed that we should just accept heroin and fentanyl floating around our communities,” said city Councilman Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island).
