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‘People are leaving’: New York City’s EMS workers are struggling to make ends meet

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The Guardian – World
“‘People are leaving’: New York City’s EMS workers are struggling to make ends meet”

EMS workers, who make life-or-death decisions in emergencies, are the lowest paid first responders After 31 years in New York City’s emergency medical services, Oren Barzilay has started giving young New Yorkers advice he never imagined giving when he began his EMS career. “Don’t come here,” he tells them. “You are only going to hurt yourself.” It is a striking reversal for Barzilay, the recently retired president of FDNY EMS Local 2507. What changed for Barzilay was not his view of work or the…

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