Leaders of an emergency medical services workers union say a years-long contract stalemate and low pay have decimated the spirits and ranks of the FDNY’s ambulance crews, sparking longer wait times for first responders.

The workers have been embroiled in negotiations with the FDNY — which oversees both firefighters and EMS — since their contract expired three years ago.

Anthony Almojera, an FDNY EMS lieutenant and leader of an officers’ union, said morale is so low among his colleagues that 14 members have committed suicide since 2020. He said pay is so low that many workers border on homelessness and he’s keeping tabs on roughly 40 other EMS workers who have also expressed a desire to harm themselves.

“And those are just all the people who have had the courage to reach out — there are

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