In the"Continuing Crisis, Drug Overdose Deaths in New York" published November 2022 by NYS Comptroller, Thomas P. Dinapol, some important finding are discussed:

• In 2020, opioid deaths increased 38 per cent nationally and 44 per cent in New York, and according to provisional counts, grew by 17 per cent nationally and in New York to 80,401 and 4946 respectively. Th eincrease in opioid deaths in New York between 2019 and 2021 was about 68 percent.
• New York's opioid overdose death rates exceedednational rates in both 2020 and 2021.

The full text, statistcs, trends and citations can be found at : https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/continuing-crisis-drug-overdose-deaths-new-york