REMARKS
Council Member Gale Brewer introduces the hearing and acknowledges participants
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Council Member Gale Brewer opens the hearing by introducing herself and her role as Chair of the Committee on Oversight and Investigations. She acknowledges the other committee chairs, representatives from the administration, and committee colleagues.
- Thanks co-chairs Council Member Joanne Ariola and Council Member Mercedes Narcisse
- Acknowledges the difficulty in preparing for such hearings
- Expresses gratitude to members of the public and committee colleagues
Gale Brewer
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Thank you very much, Chair Ariola, and good morning, everyone.
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I am Gail Brewer.
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I'm Chair of the Committee on Oversight And Investigations.
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I wanna thank everyone for joining us.
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As you heard, we will be examining ambulance response times, the fire department's allocation of EMS resources and efforts to improve emergency medical service operations.
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I do wanna thank co chairs Council member Joanne Ariola, chair, as you know, of Fire And Emergency Management, and council member, Mercedes, Northeast, chair of the committee on hospitals.
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I also want to thank the representatives from the administration.
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I know It's never easy to prepare to come here today.
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I know what it's like.
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I've been there.
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Members of the public and all of my committee colleagues.
