Albany pols, NYPD order cops to do nothing as drug addicts shoot up

New York City’s war on drugs is over. The junkies won. The New York Police Department waved the white flag last week — upon orders to surrender from Albany — directing officers to let drug addicts freely shoot up on city streets, and even let them share needles.

Senate Bill 2523, cited in the order to street cops, decriminalizes the possession or sale of hypodermic needles and syringes, commonly used by addicts to inject drugs such as heroin.

"This law says stick a needle in your arm, pump your body with poison and lose your life," said state Sen. Andrew Lanza, R-Staten Island, one of the few NYC lawmakers who opposed the legislation. "This law says to people suffering addiction that New York has given up on you, that New York doesn’t care about you."