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New York City’s emergency response system is in crisis, with ambulances averaging over 14 minutes to arrive for life-threatening calls — a delay that cost a young man his life last year. With rising demand and shrinking staff, the FDNY struggles to keep up, while a recent 7-hour 911 outage exposed systemic fragility. Now, City Council pushes for a transparency bill requiring public alerts when ambulance backlogs hit 25+ — turning a deadly gamble into a warning system.

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