Faith leaders are fighting the Bronx opioid crisis on the ground

Interfaith Minister Shaka Aziz, left, Bronx borough supervisor of the New York State Chaplain Task Force the Rev. Kim Osorio, and peer co-chair of the Peer Network of New York Marilyn Reyes are among the New Yorkers fighting the Bronx opiod epidemic. Photo Credit: Shaka Aziz / Kim Osorio / Marilyn Reyes

In 2017, some south Bronx neighborhoods experienced a rate of overdose-related deaths more than twice that of the citywide average. The opioid epidemic has devastated New York City, and no where more than the Bronx. 

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