Summary Facts 5-Point National Program NYC Initiative "Accountability" New NYPD Anti-Drug Initiatives Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Treatment Prevention and Education Chart 1: Total Arrests Chart 2: Drugs and Drugs Currency Confiscated Return to full text of speech

• 70% to 80% of individuals arrested each year in New York City test positive for drugs
• 60% of the Cocaine and Heroin consumed each year is by individuals arrested in the same year
• Addiction and substance abuse costs New York City over $20 billion each year
• Over 70% of our nation's prison population are substance abusers
• 60% to 70% of drug abusing parolees who do not receive treatment return to criminal activity within three months of release from prison
• 71% of the children in foster care in New York City have a parent who is a substance abuser

• Foreign policy must relect national drug policy
• Border control and other drug interdiction efforts must be supported with adequate resources
• Domestic drug enforcement must result in substantial prison terms for drug dealers
• More and better drug treatment programs must be developed and funded
• Our nation's youth must be better educated about the dangers of drug abuse

• Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice
• Treatment
• Prevention/Education

• South Bronx
  • 40th Precinct - Mott Haven
    11 additional narcotics modules
  • 41st Precinct - Hunts Point
    10 additional Narcotics modules
  • 43rd Precinct - Soundview
    9 additional Narcotics modules
• Southeast Queens
  • 103rd Precinct - Jamaica
    12 additional Narcotics modules
  • 113th/105th Precinct - South Jamaica
    11 additional Narcotics modules

Neighborhoods

• Launch two additional NYPD anti-drug initiatives
• Expedite hiring of 1,000 police recruits from July 1998 to December 1997
• Establish a Drug Free Zone in Washington Square Park
• Implement Operation Night Light with NYPD and Dept. of Probation
• Establish an NYPD drug hotline 1-888-374-DRUG

Schools

• Expand Drug Free School Zones from 40 to 100
• Double number of schools in the Safe Corridor Program from 120 to 240
• Implement a curfew program for 1,000 jeveniles on probation
• Assign Board of Ed drug specialists in each of the Family Courts

• Increase drug treatment beds at Rikers Island by 50%
• Link released Rikers Island inmates to community based residential drug treatment programs
• Double Department of Probation's residential treatment capacity from 180 to 360
• Expand Department of Probation's outpatient drug treatment capacity from 890 to 965
• Implement Drug Court in Manhattan to target 300 drug abusing defendants
• Establish Drug Treatment Coordinator Unit in Mayor's Office
• Establish computerized network of all drug treatment programs in New York City
• Implement a drug treatment services hotline
• Implement a joint program with ACS and HHC to provide drug treatment to mothers with children in foster care
• Report within 45 days on new drug treatment initiatives

• Increase support for DARE in Public School
• Expand NYPD's DARE and GREAT program activities to after-school hours
• Expand number of BEACON schools from 41 to 51
• Provide funding for mentoring programs involving city's youth

 

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