Union leaders applauded Mayor de Blasio’s budget plan last week to create 149 new 911 dispatch positions and put as many as 90 additional Emergency Medical Service workers on the streets each day.
The proposal would boost the EMS budget by $18 million in Fiscal Year 2016. The city would also add 32 new ambulances to its fleet of roughly 300, and 24 new EMS Lieutenant positions.
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