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De La Rosa questions whether alarm calls triggered discovery of the outage

New York City Council · Sep 9, 2026 · starts 0:28:08 · 58 sec

De La Rosa asks if alarm company calls at 7:30 a.m. were what rang the alarm. Gelobter clarifies notifications came through multiple channels starting at 6 a.m., but it wasn't until 8:30 a.m. that the issues were understood as related, and 9:30 a.m. before 911 call impact was confirmed.

Lisa Gelobter

I would, I think the notifications came in through a variety of channels.

Lisa Gelobter

Again, the call taker at 6 a.m., you know, obviously did the right thing and escalated that there was an issue.

Lisa Gelobter

It is a complex and diverse system with a lot of different technology stacks, stakeholders, systems owners.

Lisa Gelobter

And so...

Lisa Gelobter

This is a very important part of the process.

Lisa Gelobter

Even though we were hearing these various bits and pieces from different channels, it wasn't until, I think, around 8.30 where we realized that they were all related, and then it wasn't until 9.30 that we understood that it was affecting 911 calls.

Carmen N. De La Rosa

So can you walk us through, I see that your testimony rightfully so speaks to sort of the steps that have been taken since, and what are some of the preventative measures that you all have been implementing, including daily check-ins.