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As EMS merger with FDNY turns 25, agency leaders reflect on successes, areas for improvement
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Today is the 25th anniversary of the New York City Fire Department and the Emergency Medical Service merging into a single agency. Operations have become more efficient since 1996, but there is still room for improvement, EMS union president told Crain s.
Before the merger, EMS and its emergency medical technicians had fallen under the jurisdiction of NYC Health + Hospitals. The consolidation made the FDNY the largest department-based provider of emergency medical care in the country.
However, the effort was not well received at the start, said Oren Barzilay, president of FDNY EMS Local 2507, which represents the more than 4,000 members in the department. Barzilay joined EMS in July 1995.
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Bottomless closes $4.5M Series A to scale its subscription coffee business
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March 3, 2021, 11:10 AM·5 min read
As a devoted coffee drinker I was enthused by the idea of Bottomless. The Y Combinator-backed startup sends its users coffee as they run low so that they never run out of the Magic Juice of Life. What could be better?
Because life is somewhat funny, after signing up for its service the company reached out to share that it had raised a Series A. So I got on the phone with Liana Herrera, the company s co-founder, to chat about the startup, which is part coffee-sourcing engine, part subscription/e-commerce play and part hardware effort.