DID THEY SEARCH HIM? –
May 7, 2026 – Former President Bill Clinton was the guest of honor at the groundbreaking of a new drug treatment residence in central Brooklyn, where the legacy of the War on Drugs hung over an otherwise celebratory occasion.
Local elected officials, clergy, providers and regulators broke ground on a 10,800 square foot expansion of a men’s residential program in Crown Heights run by the Methodist nonprofit Anchor House and paid for with $18 million from the state. The project, which is expected to take two to three years to complete, will add 20 beds to the 50-bed facility.
The expansion is part of the state’s growing embrace of drug treatment programs run by the Office of Addiction Services and Supports, including harm reduction services that promote nonpunitive measures. Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed $1.3 billion for the agency in her executive budget this year, a 7% increase from the previous year.
“We know treatment is effective and people can change their lives,” OASAS Commissioner Chinazo Cunningham said, thanking the former president and the faith community for their support.
