By Marcus E. Howard NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City officials on Wednesday rolled out a new effort to tackle a surge in deaths from drug overdoses on Staten Island, the smallest of the city's five boroughs, which last year suffered the city's highest rate of overdose deaths. City police starting March 1 will begin reporting all overdose deaths immediately to borough prosecutors, interviewing victims' relatives and seeking permission to search victims' cell phone records in an effort to build cases against drug dealers, Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon said. "This is initiative is a much needed response to a tragic crisis that is gripping Staten Island and destroying countless lives throughout the city," said Bridget Brennan, the city's special narcotics prosecutor.

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