A bill named after a fallen EMS officer that would have ensured that no EMS provider in New York City travels alone to the scene of an emergency was vetoed by Governor Kathy Hochul last week.
The Alison Russo EMT Supervisor Staffing Act, named for Lieutenant Alison Russo-Elling, a 24-year FDNY veteran who was stabbed to death by a stranger in September 2022, was passed by the State Senate and Assembly over the summer and would have closed a loophole allowing EMS workers in the city to be dispatched solo.
But Hochul nixed the bill Oct. 16, writing in a memo accompanying her veto that the bill would set “stringent staffing standards” on ambulance and staff supervisor vehicles…