according to the npr, the city of everett, washington filed a lawsuit in in february 2017, against purdue pharma calling for purdue to cover the costs of the city's opioid crisis which the city claims purdue caused through their negligence. in january 2018 new york city filed a "lawsuit seeking $500 million from purdue and seven other opioid makers and distributors to fight the opioid crisis there". a coalition of 41 states is "investigating the opioid industry". in 2016 alone, there were about 3,086 deaths in new york state and over 1,100 in new york city.