Statement·other·said 2023-03-10
“Sullivan County has the highest opioid death rate in all of New York state, and it is the only county in the Hudson Valley not included in the federal High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program.”
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Verdict
Mixed
2023-04-04Reasoning
Sullivan County did have the highest opioid death rate in New York in 2018–2019 and preliminary 2022 data, and it lacks HIDTA designation. However, depending on how the Hudson Valley region is defined, Greene, Columbia, and Rensselaer counties also lack HIDTA designation. PolitiFact rated this Mostly True.
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