John Riordan: When a baby dies from fentanyl it becomes everyone's battle

John Riordan reports from New York, where the city is struggling to get to grips with open drug use and the surge of fentanyl addiction

Mayor Eric Adams held up a graphic of a bag of fentanyl next to a penny during a press conference on public safety at 1 Police Plaza in New York City recently. Picture: NYC Mayor's Office

Nowadays is a beloved and extremely hip dance music venue in Queens that works directly with New York City health officials to deliver workshops about fentanyl test strips and Narcan.

As do key community centres in Manhattan, such as the Jericho Project in Harlem and the Educational Alliance in the Lower East Side.