Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) joined several of his colleagues to urge the Assembly Majority to take immediate action on their legislative agenda to combat the growing heroin epidemic in our communities. Last year, the Assembly Minority Conference held public forums on the issue as part of its Task Force on Heroin Addiction & Community Response.

“For the Assembly Majority to have dragged their feet this long, when the Senate has acted and we continue to see record deaths across the state, is inexcusable,” DiPietro said. “We have a real chance to begin to curtail the heroin epidemic now, and instead we’re taking up issues like mayoral control of New York City schools. People are dying. Families are suffering. We need to act, and they need to get on board.”

DiPietro is a sponsor of Assembly Bill 9619, which would allow family members to admit their loved ones into recovery programs.