Republican Representative Nicole Malliotakis has urged Attorney General Todd Blanche to close two New York City overdose prevention centres, which allow people to use drugs under supervision. She argues the facilities were funded or enabled during the Biden administration and says they encourage illegal drug use, while supporters regard them as a harm-reduction measure intended to prevent fatal overdoses.

The sites, operated by OnPoint NYC, are in East Harlem and Washington Heights in Manhattan. Malliotakis raised the issue in an interview with Fox News Digital and criticised New York City’s political leadership over the centres; the article frames her request as a call for federal intervention against a contentious public-health approach.