Big Apple first-responders took longer to get to fires and other emergencies, while more people died in blazes, at the start of this fiscal year compared to last year's, City Hall figures show.
With assaults against medics rising, the City Council will take a second crack at passing legislation guaranteeing first responders access to body armor vests and yearly self-defense training.
Jack Lin, who worked as an FDNY EMT for 14 years, including throughout the worst days of the pandemic, lost his job in June 2022 after refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine and having his requests …
To the editor: Regarding "DC 37 ‘an obstacle’ to negotiations, head of EMS local says” ( The Chief, Jan. 19 ), Local 2507’s president, Oren Barzilay, answered the question that many members …