City to include ambulance corps on 911

By Jeremy Walsh

After catching flak from elected officials, including City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village), the city has agreed to repeal a policy change that excluded volunteer ambulance corps from the 911 dispatch system.

Crowley and a number of volunteer ambulance corps from the city gathered at City Hall Tuesday before a Council hearing on the matter to criticize the change. After the hearing she praised the department’s reversal.