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Hochul vetoes bill boosting EMS staffing on NYC 911 calls — inspired by first responder’s murder

Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed legislation — inspired by the vicious deadly stabbing of EMS Lt. Alison Russo in 2022 — that would require two qualified medical first responders be dispatched to 911 ...
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‘Something has to give’: FDNY ambulance response times rise for fourth year, union blames staffing crisis

Oren Barzilay, a 30-year FDNY EMS veteran and president of Local 2507, which represents 4,500 emergency medical technicians, paramedics and fire inspectors, told Brooklyn Paper that although call ...
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Gov. Hochul vetoes emergency response bill: How it affects NYC first responders

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill that was inspired by the murder of a 24-year veteran of the FDNY EMS. The Emergency Response Staffing Bill (S. 6698/A. 7356), was introduced to ...
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Mayor-elect Mamdani appointing former EMS head Lillian Bonsignore as new FDNY commissioner, sources say

NEW YORK — Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is expected Tuesday to name Lillian Bonsignore, the FDNY’s former emergency services chief, as the Fire Department’s next commissioner, according to sources ...