EMS Workers Continue to Help at WTC Site
New York, New York —The city's fire and police departments suffered the biggest losses in uniformed service members on September 11th. But eight Emergency Medical Service workers were also among the...
View ArticleDe Blasio to Bolster EMS Funding to Drive Down Response Times
The New York City Fire Department will receive additional funding in Mayor Bill de Blasio's upcoming budget to increase staffing in hopes of shaving precious seconds off ambulance response times to...
View ArticleHow Long Is Too Long to Wait for an Ambulance?
It was dinnertime on May 21, 2014 when Danny Cruz began suffering from a severe asthma attack while at home with his wife and three daughters in a ground floor apartment at the Red Hook East Houses in...
View ArticleWith Ambulance Waits Up, De Blasio Says City 'Won't Hesitate' To Invest More
Mayor Bill de Blasio stressed his commitment to reducing ambulance response times on Thursday, one day after a WNYC report on how long people with a medical emergency have to wait.In 2014, a person...
View ArticleMayor Tries to Rescue EMS
Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to spend millions to reduce ambulance response times in some neighborhoods, WNYC has learned.The preliminary budget for fiscal 2017 includes $5.4 million to pay for two new...
View ArticleCouncil Presses FDNY to Reduce Ambulance Response Times
At a City Council oversight hearing on Tuesday, Fire and Criminal Justice Chair Elizabeth Crowley posed a blunt question about ambulance response times to top officials in the Fire Department of New...
View ArticleCity Loses Ten Percent of Its Ambulance Tours in One Day
One of the city’s largest private ambulance companies ceased operations Wednesday night after filing for bankruptcy. It comes at the same time the city is struggling to reduce ambulance response...
View ArticleCity Hall, FDNY in Talks Over Ambulances
The Fire Department is in talks with City Hall over the best way to provide reliable ambulance service in the wake of the sudden shutdown of the private ambulance company TransCare last month,...
View ArticleFewer Suspensions in City Schools After Discipline Changes
The number of New York City public school students suspended from July through December 2015 declined by almost 32 percent, compared to the same period in 2014. The data was reported Thursday as...
View ArticleMayor de Blasio Presents Executive Budget
The $82.2 billion executive budget is 3.7 percent bigger than the one adopted last year, and $100 million more than the preliminary plan the mayor released in January."After more than two years in...
View ArticleEmergency Medical Calls Spike As More EMS Workers Get Sick
Paramedics and EMTs are coping with an approximate 50 percent increase in emergency medical calls, plus a rise in coronavirus cases among their own ranks, putting pressure on a workforce already...
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