Posted on October 31, 2017 by Erin Durkin in New York Daily News New York Daily News, By Erin Durkin The city will train homeless shelter staff to use a drug that can reverse potentially deadly opioid overdoses under a bill passed by the City Council Tuesday. The legislation requires shelters, which have been racked by drug overdoses, to have at least one employee on duty at all times who can use a naloxone kit.