Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed legislation — inspired by the vicious deadly stabbing of EMS Lt. Alison Russo in 2022 — that would require two qualified medical first responders be dispatched to 911 emergency calls in the Big Apple.

The governor, in her Oct. 16 veto message , said the bill “would pose a fiscal and workforce issue” for the city, requiring the hiring of 290 EMTs, or emergency medical technicians, at a cost of $25 million.

Hochul said the FDNY indicated that emergency medical technicians would have to be reassigned in order to be paired with supervisors responding to 911 calls, resulting in fewer ambulances in service.

The union that represents 911 ambulance responders slammed Hochul’s veto as heartless and anti-worker safety. 5

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“Amending the law would ensure that

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