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NYC Opioid Crisis Is Fueled By Big Drug Firms, Lawsuit Says
City officials joined a nationwide trend to sue major opioid manufactures and distributors.

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Noah Manskar covers all things New York City for Patch, writing citywide stories about crime, politics, the subways and much else. He came to Patch from Blank Slate Media, where he covered community news and local politics in Nassau County, Long Island. He has won six awards from the New York Press Association and the Press Club of Long Island, including a first-place honor for a story about allegations of sexual abuse against the former president of a prestigious Catholic high school.
Noah grew up in Nashville, Tennessee and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 2015. He lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, with his partner, Claire, and their cat, Martha Washington.
City officials joined a nationwide trend to sue major opioid manufactures and distributors.

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A thunderstorm is possible Tuesday afternoon.
The owner of a West 15th Street building turned rent-stabilized apartments into Airbnb rooms, city officials charged.
The first ones may hit the rails by mid-2020.
Michael Kelly will leave next month after a three-year stint with the beleaguered agency.
New York won't be hit as hard as other places, but it will still be impacted.
No one was hurt in the Monday morning incident.
Tuesday could bring a high of 57 and a thunderstorm.
Local officials and activists ralled to save the 30-year-old staple.
The 93-year-old woman and her 66-year-old son had no signs of trauma, the NYPD said.
More than 375 restaurants are involved in the semi-annual celebration of food.
Heads up: The 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, A, B, C, D, E, F, J, L, M, N, Q, R and W lines won't be running normally this weekend.
A pair of doctors sitting next to each other delivered a baby on a plane over the Atlantic Ocean.
Investigators reportedly spent several hours inspecting computer servers at the Hanover Square building.
The virus has hit more than 17,000 people so far this season.
The tolls for cars reportedly wouldn't go into effect until 2020.
Expect sunshine and temperatures above 50 this weekend.
Montrevil was deported to Haiti this week after more than three decades in the U.S.
Officer Daniel Pantaleo has yet to face disciplinary charges more than three years after Garner's death.