REMARKS
Call for comprehensive city-wide approach to address response time increases
1:43:52
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Council Member Restler emphasizes the need for a comprehensive, city-wide effort to address increasing response times across multiple departments, including NYPD and FDNY. He suggests that individual departments should not have to tackle this issue in isolation.
- Restler notes significant increases in NYPD response times for serious crimes
- He calls for leadership from City Hall to develop holistic, comprehensive solutions
- Chief Fields indicates he can only speak to EMS-specific issues
- Restler stresses that FDNY shouldn't have to figure out solutions on their own, given the complexity of the problem
Lincoln Restler
1:43:52
Then the other question I just wanted to ask is, in addition to FDNY response times going up, we're seeing major increases in NYPD response times.
1:44:01
On the most serious types of crime, shootings, violent incidents, the kinds of things where we need the NYPD there.
1:44:07
It had always been 5 minutes and change from years years years.
1:44:11
Now we're up at 7 minutes, about a 20% increase.
1:44:14
Major problem.
1:44:15
Is there a city wide effort to address response times that you're not trying to figure this all out on your own, but working with PD, working with operations, working with the other entities so that we are developing holistic comprehensive solutions to address this issue.
Michael Fields
1:44:30
I can only speak in respect to EMS upgrades.
Lincoln Restler
1:44:32
We need to see that leadership from city hall.
1:44:34
That is a major problem, and you shouldn't have to figure this out on your own.
1:44:37
Your job is hard enough.
1:44:39
There these are these are the these are the types places.
Joann Ariola
1:44:41
These are respect to the council member
Lincoln Restler
1:44:43
where we need a comprehensive response.
1:44:45
Thank you, chair.
Joann Ariola
1:44:49
Council member Rivera.
Mercedes Narcisse
1:44:51
Thank you.
