NYC is laying off 400 emergency medical workers as part of the city's COVID-19 budget cuts, union says

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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 20: Fire Department of New York medical staff attend to an elderly person experiencing difficulty breathing outside of an apartment building on April 20, 2020, in New York City. NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced during his daily COVID-19 briefing that the city has had a big drop in 911 emergency medical calls after a surge during the peak of the pandemic. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

  • New York City is preparing to fire 400 emergency medical workers as part of budget cuts, NBC News reported, citing the city's emergency-services union.
  • The layoffs are part of budget cuts brought on by the economic impact of the city's finances during the coronavirus pandemic.
  • Union president Oren Barzilay told NBC in a Wednesday statement: "Yesterday, we were praised as heroes, essential workers saving lives. Today, the city government treats us like zeros."
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio previously said the city had already lost $9 billion in revenue between March and June, and that cuts were inevitable to all public agencies.
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New York City is laying off 400 emergency medical workers as part of budget cuts prompted by the COVID-19 economic downturn, according to a union.

"Even with the threat of a second wave of COVID-19 looming and two recent outbreaks in Brooklyn, Bill de Blasio and his team at City Hall wants to balance the city's budget on our backs," Oren Barzilay, president of FDNY EMS Local 2507, the city's emergency medical services union, told NBC News in a statement on Wednesday.

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