Int 1229-2025
Reporting on emergency medical services units.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Fire and Emergency Managementintroduced 2025-04-10Local Law 2026/030
Enacted as Local Law 2026/030.
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Agenda: 2025-04-10Passed: 2026-01-17Enacted: 2026-01-17
Summary
This bill would require monthly reports from the Fire Department (FDNY) on the average number of emergency medical services (EMS) units available each day to respond to medical emergencies, categorized by EMS unit type and borough. The reported information would include for each borough, the average number of EMS units scheduled to respond to emergencies, and the average number of EMS units that are unable to respond to emergency call, disaggregated by the reason for such inability.
Committee on Fire and Emergency Management — Fire/EMS (non-health-related issues), and Emergency Management Department[ (OEM)].
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This bill: 251 days in committee
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Sponsors (17)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-04-10 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-04-10 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-11-17 · Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-11-17 · Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-12-18 · Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2025-12-18 · Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
ActionAmended by Committee
2025-12-18 · Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2025-12-18 · Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
AdvancedApproved by Council
2025-12-18 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2025-12-18 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2026-01-17 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2026-01-20 · City Council
Votes (8)
Aye (6)
James F. GennaroLynn C. SchulmanOswald J. FelizJoann Ariola Carmen N. De La RosaKevin C. Riley
Absent (2)
Simcha FelderSusan Zhuang
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2025-12-18 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Fire and Emergency Management · 2025-12-18 · 11:45 AM · 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 2
Committee on Fire and Emergency Management · 2025-11-17 · 1:00 PM · 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 2
City Council · 2025-04-10 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (20)
- Summary of Int. No. 1229-A
- Summary of Int. No. 1229
- Int. No. 1229
- April 10, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-10-25
- Committee Report 11/17/25
- Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council
- Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB
- Hearing Testimony 11/17/25
- Hearing Transcript 11/17/25
- Proposed Int. No. 1229-A - 12/17/25
- Committee Report 12/18/25
- Hearing Transcript 12/18/25
- Committee Report - Stated Meeting
- December 18, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Int. No. 1229-A (FINAL)
- Int. No. 1229-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council
- Int. No. 1229-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-18-25
- Local Law 30
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 15 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 15-154 to read as follows:
� 15-154 Report on emergency medical services units. a. Definition. As used in this section, the following term has the following meaning:
Emergency medical services unit. The term "emergency medical services unit" has the same meaning as set forth in section 15-137.
b. Report. No later than 6 months after the effective date of the local law that added this section, and monthly thereafter, the commissioner shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and post on the department's website, a report regarding emergency medical services units. Such report shall include the following information for each day of the month preceding the month in which such report is due, disaggregated by emergency medical services unit type and borough:
1. The daily average number of emergency medical service units scheduled to respond to emergency calls; and
2. The daily average number of emergency medical services units that are unable to respond to emergency calls, disaggregated by the reason for such inability.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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