Rep.Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., slammed Biden administration-funded heroin injection sites in New York City in an interview with Fox News Digital.At the heart of Malliotakis' complaints are two Overdose Prevention Centers (OPCs) in Manhattan — one in East Harlem and the other in Washington Heights — that, until recently, funneled federal funds to "supervised consumption services," including the supervised use of illicit drugs such as heroin, a Schedule I controlled substance."People literally go there like it's a community center, hang out, and shoot up drugs.
It's signaling to drug dealers where their clients are located and attracting a criminal element in and around the facility," Malliotakis told Fox News Digital."We don't want to see this spread throughout the City of New York or the rest of the country, which is why it's critical for the Department of Justice to step in now to stop these illegally operating heroin injection centers — to make an example of what's taking place in New York City so other municipalities throughout the country don't think about opening them," she continued.EX-EMPLOYEE OF TAXPAYER-FUNDED NONPROFIT CAUGHT SELLING FENTANYL NEAR LA PARK: DOCSRepresentative Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican from New York, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.(Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Malliotakis wrote a letter to newly-confirmed U.S.
Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday, requesting that he take "swift action" to shut down the centers.She accused the nonprofit OnPoint, which runs the centers, of "operating in clear violation of federal law under Title 21 of the United States Code Section 856 which states it is unlawful to '...knowingly open, lease, rent, use, or maintain any place, whether permanently or temporarily, for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, or using any controlled substance...'"A Justice Department spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News Digital t...