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Month: March 2021
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Empire Pandemic Response Reimbursement Fund
Governor Cuomo Announces $29 Million Available to Support Essential Workers and First Responders Through the Empire Pandemic Grant Program March 8, 2021 Click here to visit the website Click here for the Notification Request Form […]
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Paramedic Speaks Out About Being Bitten On Face During Routine Call In Brooklyn: ‘We Need Better Protection’
By CBSNewYork Team. March 6, 2021 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A paramedic who was bitten on her face while responding to a call in Brooklyn is speaking out. Police say a 17-year-old girl in Sheepshead Bay bit Jenna Piscitello […]
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Bronx EMT says she felt attacker’s teeth ‘digging deeper’ into cheek
A paramedic who was bit in the face while helping a teen described the grisly incident in detail with News 12. Jenna Piscitello said the attack happened after she was trying to get a patient, […]
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EMS worker bitten by patient while responding to call
by: Corey Crockett March 5, 2021 SHEEPSHEAD BAY, Brooklyn — An FDNY EMS paramedic was bitten in the face responding to a call Friday in Brooklyn, according to officials. An FDNY official said it happened on […]
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‘My face is deformed’: FDNY paramedic recalls savage biting attack by drug-addled teen
By THOMAS TRACY and LARRY MCSHANENew York Daily News | March 6, 2021 The world changed in a horrifying heartbeat for a Brooklyn paramedic. FDNY EMS veteran Jenna Piscitello was helping a drug-addled teen onto a stretcher when […]
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Governor Cuomo Announces $29 Million Available to Support Essential Workers and First Responders Through the Empire Pandemic Grant Program
Program Was Designed to Assist Essential Workers and First Responders with Urgent Economic Needs Amidst Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic Up to $1,000 Available per Household from Funding Made Possible Through Private Donations Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today […]
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NYC Fleet Vision Zero Defensive Driving Course for City Drivers
DCAS is offering a free online defensive driving course to all city employees as part of the Mayor’s Vision Zero program. This program will allow for training to resume that was suspended due to COVID19. […]
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FDNY Local 2507 President Oren Barzilay awarded for EMS advocacy
Barzilay was among the leaders honored at the 2020 Whole Health Heroes Awards March 1, 2021 By Laura French NEW YORK — FDNY EMS Local 2507 President Oren Barzilay was recognized at the 2020 Whole Health […]