Local 2507 in the News

WBAI LISTEN TO THE REPORT In our second hour we are going to check in with our FDNY EMS unions about a new bill introduced by New York City Council Member Joann Ariola, who chairs […]

Emergency Medical Service workers in New York City make as little as $18 an hour. They are a division of the Fire Department, where firefighters can make twice as much. NEW YORK TIMES By James […]

SPECTRUM NEWS NY1 By Natalie Hernandez | Apr 20, 2026 New Yorkers may soon pay significantly more for an FDNY ambulance ride. The department is proposing steep increases to EMS treatment and transport fees, saying […]

SPECTRUM NEWS NY1 BY Nia Clark | Apr. 20, 2026 The cost of a normal or a “basic life support” ambulance ride would increase approximately 29% from $1,385 to $1,793, while “treatment in place” service would jump […]

NEW YORK POST By Carl Campanile | April 20, 2026 These price tags are enough to make you sick. The FDNY is considering hiking ambulance and emergency medical bills by double digits — blaming the squeeze on patients’ […]

NY DAILY NEWS By Thomas Tracy and Julian Roberts-Grmela Two city emergency medical technicians were hospitalized after they were attacked by an emotionally disturbed Bronx man they were trying to assist, police said. The EMTs were dispatched to […]

AMNY By Sadie Brown A Bronx man was arrested and charged in Morris Heights after attacking two city Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) sent to aid the man late Thursday evening, police said. The first responders were answering […]

CBS NEWS By Adi Guajardo,  Ali Bauman,  Elijah Westbrook. | April 10, 2026 A man is charged with assaulting two New York City EMTs responding to a 911 call in the Bronx, but the suspect’s loved […]

NBC News 4 Jessica Cunningham reporting. Good afternoon. This is your news for now. Update. I’m Adam Kuperstein, and we start in the Bronx, where a man is in custody after police say he attacked […]