Pierina Sanchez discloses sibling at CUNY, calls for EMT pay equity
Council Member Pierina Sanchez discloses her sibling works at CUNY. She congratulates De La Rosa and the Speaker on Intro 692, agrees with Ariola that EMTs also deserve more, noting NYPD patrol cars are transporting people to hospitals in her district due to EMT shortages. She highlights that median income in her district is $25,000/year and calls for taxing the rich.
Parina Sanchez.
Thank you.
I'd like to disclose on the record that my sibling works at CUNY, and permission to explain my vote?
Permission granted.
Thank you, Majority Leader.
I want to say congratulations to Councilmember De La Rosa and the Speaker for your leadership on Intro 692.
$32,000 is not enough.
Our paras deserve more, and I want to agree with Councilmember Areola that our EMTs absolutely do too.
In my district, the way that the shortfall of our EMTs shows up is that NYPD patrol cars are taking people to hospitals every single day instead of EMTs.
So I hear the uproar, and I agree.
And I also remind my colleagues that there are so many New York cities within our city.
In my district, the median income is $25,000 a year for a worker.
And so $32,000 is not enough for our paras.
$25,000 a year is not enough for folks in my district.
So let's please continue to fight our inequalities, expand opportunity, and tax the rich so we can fund the key initiatives that can get us there.
Thank you.
Councilmember Sanchez.
I am all.
Thank you.
Santos also.
I am all.
Thank you.