“Reliable emergency medical services can be a matter of life or death, and New Yorkers rightly expect to receive timely help when needed,” state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said in a statement.

Emergency medical attention provided by trained paramedics began in 1981, which is also when the city began charging for the service. That was when the public utility model still used today was ...

Rates of emergency medical services encounters for firearm injuries spiked in 2021 to more than 25% over 2019 levels, but they began to fall in the following years. However, rates were still ...