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New York prepares for massive layoffs of ambulance workers

'21.08.2020'

Vita Popova

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In the face of the pandemic and in anticipation of its second wave, the city plans to cut 400 posts in emergency medical services. In total, up to 22 thousand urban workers risk being left without work. The edition writes about it AMNY.

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On August 19, the head of the New York City emergency medical workers union said the city is preparing to lay off hundreds of its members as the budget crisis escalates amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Oren Barzilay, president of FDNY EMS Local 257, blamed Mayor Bill de Blasio and his administration for the expected consequences. “Even with the threat of a second wave of COVID-19 and two recent outbreaks in Brooklyn, Bill de Blasio and his team at City Hall want to balance the city’s budget by eliminating about 400 emergency medical posts and putting the lives of every New Yorker at risk,” he said. ...

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Bill Neidhardt, spokesman for Mayor Bill de Blasio, has not denied the plans. “To be clear, the mayor's office does not want these layoffs to happen, but we are in a hole with no borrowing authority,” he said. “Our medics and firefighters save lives every day, and we work with their unions to avoid layoffs, but unfortunately all institutions will face layoffs.”

No layoffs have yet been received as both sides continue to discuss ways to save money in the city.

“Yesterday we were praised as heroes, life-saving workers,” Barzilai said. - Today the city government treats us like zeros. New Yorkers who survived this deadly pandemic are convinced otherwise. ”

De Blasio said New York City may have to cut up to 22 city workers. In this way, the authorities expect to cope with the consequences of the pandemic, such as the closure of Broadway, the shutdown of the tourism industry and the massive departure of New Yorkers to the suburbs and even other states.

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Recall that at the peak of the pandemic, in March and early April, the city's medical workers and paramedics responded to a record number of calls - up to 6500 per day. At the same time, the medical workers themselves, saving the lives of New Yorkers from COVID-19, were not immune from the virus - at the peak, almost every fourth was sick.

As of today, the coronavirus has claimed the lives of over 23 New Yorkers.

New York Mayor on mass layoffs of city workers due to financial problems stated earlier... At the same time, the city authorities did not announce plans to cut their own salaries. It is easier for them to resort to the least and take thousands of urban workers out of work. This idea, naturally, did not find public support.

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