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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Expansion of collaborative efforts and community outreach
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Bridget Brennan describes the office's expanded collaborative efforts and community outreach initiatives. These efforts involve working with various agencies and engaging directly with community members to address the opioid crisis.
- Collaborations include meetings with NYPD, DEA, health department officials, and the medical examiner's office
- Educational outreach expanded to students, parents, and seniors across the city
- Direct engagement in classrooms, auditoriums, and senior centers to discuss drug dangers and Narcan use
Bridget Brennan
5:29:50
But we too have sharpened our investigative skills and broadened our collaborations and outreach.
5:29:56
We meet not only with the NYPD and the DEA, but also with health department officials and the medical examiner's office as well as community groups and local officials.
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And most recently, we've expanded our efforts to encompass educational outreach to students, parents, and seniors.
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Our attorneys, our staff, and I have visited countless classrooms, auditoriums, and senior centers across the city to speak directly to students, parents, teachers, and elders about the dangerous drug supply, about the antidote Narcan, and to answer questions in a straightforward and candid manner.
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So we are continuing those efforts.
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The big problem, one of the biggest problems that we see