To: Andrew D. Hamilton, President of New York Univeristy
Tell NYU: Cut Ties with Sackler Name
Join us in urging President Hamilton to remove the Sackler name from the Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences. In lieu of recent evidence that has come forth regarding the Sackler family's misconduct, it is paramount that NYU break ties with the family whose corruption fueled the opioid epidemic that has taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans.
Why is this important?
If you are a current NYU student, faculty, employee, alumnus/a, donor, or other affiliate, we are asking for your support in this.
Recent reporting has provided evidence that the Sackler family, owners of Perdue Pharma, knowingly and purposefully deceived doctors and the public regarding the potential risk for abuse and overdose-related death of Oxycontin.
The Sackler's have donated massive amounts of their multi-billion dollar fortune to multiple institutions and in exchange have their name plastered on some of the world's most renowned institutions, including Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, the Smithsonian, the Tate Gallery and the Louvre, Harvard, Oxford, Columbia, Tufts, NYU, University of Edinburgh, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University.
In response to learning 59 individuals died due to overdose in a single state, then Perdue Pharma president Richard Sackler sadistically replied “This is not too bad. It could have been far worse.” The family's behaviors are unforgivable, and we must not be complicit in their corruption by continuing to advertise their brand.
Recent reporting has provided evidence that the Sackler family, owners of Perdue Pharma, knowingly and purposefully deceived doctors and the public regarding the potential risk for abuse and overdose-related death of Oxycontin.
The Sackler's have donated massive amounts of their multi-billion dollar fortune to multiple institutions and in exchange have their name plastered on some of the world's most renowned institutions, including Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, the Smithsonian, the Tate Gallery and the Louvre, Harvard, Oxford, Columbia, Tufts, NYU, University of Edinburgh, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University.
In response to learning 59 individuals died due to overdose in a single state, then Perdue Pharma president Richard Sackler sadistically replied “This is not too bad. It could have been far worse.” The family's behaviors are unforgivable, and we must not be complicit in their corruption by continuing to advertise their brand.