911 system
The city's hulking, expensive and now stalled emergency response system upgrade was the product of gross mismanagement, a new 109-page report today found.
Updated: Feb 6, 2015 4:09 PM
The city's 911 system, which has been plagued with problems, is about to receive a series of overhauls following two scathing reviews from the mayor's office and the Department of Investigation, respectively.
Updated: Aug 6, 2014 5:34 PM
Operators resorted to pen and paper to take calls during the outages.
Updated: Jul 23, 2013 11:13 AM
The bereft mother told the Daily News, "It took too long for them to get there. No other child should die because it takes too long. The ambulance system has to be fixed for the children of New York."
Updated: Jun 12, 2013 1:39 PM
Now we have a much clearer picture of why Bloomberg was reluctant to release all the 911 data: it makes the city look like an ass.
Updated: May 9, 2012 1:32 PM
Even an edited version, that report on New York City's 911 system (the one Bloomberg had to be ordered to release) reportedly does not paint a pretty picture of our city's emergency preparedness.
Updated: May 4, 2012 5:11 PM