The two cities are among the 34 locations in 23 states that will be targets of “Operation Overdrive,” an initiative from the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The feds are targeting the Bronx and upstate Buffalo as part of a new multi-city attack on drug-related violence and overdoses, authorities announced Monday.
“The consequences of drug trafficking have become evidently clear in New York,” DEA Agent Timothy Foley said in a statement announcing the effort. In that time period, New York alone saw a 20.4 percent spike in overdose deaths. More than 75 percent of those fatalities were from opioids, including fentanyl, according to data released by
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