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Learn how our wide array of clinical services integrate with our programming and philosophy, providing caring support to meet the needs of people in o...

September 2, 2025

OnPoint NYC Executive Director Sam Rivera reflects on his visit to Bogotá during the 2025 Harm Reduction International Conference, sharing powerful s...

August 1, 2025

"We love on people until they're ready to love on themselves," our Executive Director, Sam Rivera, says - and this forms the cornerstone of our approa...

July 31, 2025

Samantha Corso, Associate Director of Mental Health, shares insight on OnPoint NYC's unique approach to mental health care, and how it helps create tr...

June 30, 2025

OnPoint NYC’s garden, which is located in the backyard of our East Harlem center, provides staff and participants with an open space to rest, rechar...

June 4, 2025

Case management isn’t about checking boxes or pushing people through systems. It’s about loving people until they can love themselves, and helping...

June 1, 2025

Our low-threshold services—which we provide through our two Drop-In Centers in Harlem and Washington Heights—serve as the foundation for everythin...

May 1, 2025

Juan Cortez, Holistic Services Manager, shares the methodology behind our holistic services, his personal motivation for the work, and why it’s so i...

March 25, 2025

Learn how OnPoint NYC’s holistic services are not only medicine for the mind, body, and spirit, but fosters outreach, activism, and personal change....

February 19, 2025

At OnPoint NYC, one of our major public health priorities is keeping our community safe. Learn how our teams clean up and reduce discarded syringes an...

February 3, 2025

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Amsterdam News reports on the recent decrease in Black and Brown opioid overdose deaths have decreased citywide in 2024 - and how OnPoint NYC's OPCs h...

November 13, 2025

Sam Rivera, our executive director, talks about OnPoint NYC's two overdose prevention centers on the Brian Lehrer show on WNYC....

October 29, 2025

The Trump administration has barred certain federal grants from funding some harm reduction programs - despite research that shows many programs, such...

August 6, 2025

“Punishing people for using drugs. First of all, it hasn’t worked.” That’s how Sam Rivera, Executive Director of OnPoint NYC, opens The Proble...

June 11, 2025

The New York Times outlines the current state of St. Mary's Park, which is often frequented by people who use drugs, and two organizations - including...

May 11, 2025

Latin American Post reports on South America's first overdose prevention center in Colombia, which signals a groundbreaking effort to curb overdoses a...

April 28, 2025

AP News reports on South America's only overdose prevention center, located in Bogata, which was visited by OnPoint NYC Exec. Director Sam Rivera. ...

April 28, 2025

New York Daily News's editorial team advocates for a wider array of investments in harm reduction services - policymakers must invest in what works. ...

February 3, 2025

Gothamist reports on the city's disbursement of opioid settlement funds, which will soon be going to a broader array of community programs....

January 28, 2025

“You don’t get [...] talked to like a person because we’re addicts,” said Shawn, an OnPoint participant. He added: “They tell you you’re w...

January 21, 2025

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