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The program is part of the city’s effort to address police violence and systemic racism by providing alternatives to traditional law enforcement responses to emergency calls involving issues like mental health or drug and alcohol crises sending teams of FDNY EMTs and paramedics and New York City Health + Hospitals social workers instead.
The sickened Emergency Medical Technicians and paramedics suffered extensive damage to their lungs and hearts after contracting COVID at the start of the pandemic and have been out of work for nearly two years, union officials say.