Q&A
Council Member Cabán questions low salaries of EMS workers
2:47:37
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60 sec
Council Member Tiffany Cabán inquires about the salaries of social workers and EMS workers in crisis response teams. Assistant Chief Cesar Escobar reveals that an EMS worker with 3 years of experience earns around $46,000 annually. Cabán expresses strong disapproval of this salary, describing it as 'horrendous' and 'appalling.'
- Cabán emphasizes that this low salary is a significant obstacle to hiring and retaining qualified personnel
- She criticizes the administration's position on paying these first responders
- The discussion highlights the broader issue of fair compensation for essential workers in crisis response roles
Tiffany Cabán
2:47:37
Thank you.
2:47:38
Same disclaimer as as before.
2:47:40
This is a a quick one.
2:47:41
What's the average salary of a social worker on a VR team?
2:47:44
And what's the average salary of an EMS worker?
Cesar Escobar
2:47:50
The average salary for an EMS, EMT, who is 3 years on the job, would be somewhere along the line of 46,000.
Tiffany Cabán
2:48:02
That is horrendous.
2:48:04
It's appalling.
2:48:05
You spend time training these folks up, and then they're not making a living wage in this city.
2:48:10
And so when we talk about capacity and the ability to hire people and how do we spend because we can't do that.
2:48:16
It starts with making sure that that particular sector of first responders get gets paid, what they should be paid.
2:48:23
And I know that that's not your decision, but that's the I mean, it's a a condemnation of of the position that the administration has taken on paying these folks.
2:48:31
I'm gonna shift over to the Department of Health.
2:48:35
He testified earlier that CIT uses peers.
2:48:37
Correct?
