Event Description:
"Reviving EMS" FDNY's Resource Allocation: The CBC Report
by Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies (RaCERS)
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
5:00 - 6:30 PM
Room 630HH
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Since emergency medical services were merged into the FDNY in 1996, the workload of EMS has increased steadily. In the meantime, most of the promised improvements from the merger have been deferred. The Citizens Budget Commission of New York's most recent report "Reviving EMS: Restructuring Emergency Medical Services in New York" suggests that additional resources to support EMS response should be directed to create and staff ambulances, and questions the FDNY's reliance on engine companies to support emergency medical service delivery.
The report met with immediate denouncement from fire unions, clamoring to increase their staffing. Please jopin us with this presentation by Maria Doulis, Vice President of the CBC, followed by a moderated discussion and Q&A from stakeholders.
Maria Doulis is Vice President of the Citizens Budget Commission, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank dedicated to influencing constructive change in the finances and services of New York State and New York City governments. As a member of the executive leadership team, Maria is responsible for the setting the organization’s strategy, developing the research agenda, and directing CBC’s media efforts.
Maria has written extensively on topics such as performance budgeting, municipal labor relations, the public workforce, infrastructure policy, and urban competitiveness. She is frequently quoted in the press as a recognized expert on New York City economic and fiscal affairs, and has written op-eds published in The New York Times’ Room for Debate, The New York Daily News, The New York Post, and The Huffington Post.
Prior to the Citizens Budget Commission, Maria worked for the Council of Graduate Schools and the Government Performance Project. She has a Master of Public Administration degree from George Washington University and graduated summa cum laude with a BA from Queens College, City University of New York. She also completed doctoral coursework at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service of New York University. She was named one of City & State’s “40 under 40: Rising Stars in New York City Politics” in 2011; Queens College’s Alum of the Year in 2015; and received Distinguished Public Servant Award from George Washington University in 2017.
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