Governor Cuomo announced the New York State Department of Financial Services has filed charges and initiated administrative proceedings against Endo International plc and its subsidiaries.

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid pain reliever that is 50-100 times more potent than heroin and more than 100 times more potent than morphine.

Governor Cuomo announced the New York State Department of Financial Services has initiated administrative proceedings and filed charges against Mallinckrodt plc and its subsidiaries, Mallinckrodt LLC and SpecGX LLC.

The proposal would ban fentanyl analogs and make them subject to the same penalties as other controlled substances.

Governor Cuomo announced that opioid overdose deaths among New York State residents, outside New York City, are down. This is the first decrease in 10 years.