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– despite promises 25 years ago to provide them salaries comparable with firefighters and other uniformed officers, former Fire Commissioner Tom Von Essen said in a new interview.
The low pay has some city EMTs and paramedics running for Nassau County, where salaries for medics start at $50,000, rising to $81,191 after one year. The top salary there rises to $142,730. The union head previously noted that without a raise, some EMTS will be paid less than restaurant delivery-app workers starting in 2025.“This is why EMS workers are leaving. They’re going into the firefighting service or going to the private hospitals,” he said.
When the EMS union endorsed Mayor Eric Adams in the Democratic primary for mayor in June of 2021, he promised to address the pay disparity for the essential workers.
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