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Feliz questions how severity of call issues is determined

New York City Council · Sep 9, 2026 · starts 2:56:26 · 1 min 36 sec

Feliz asks at what point the city determines whether a call issue is minor or systemic. Gelobter says every issue is taken seriously and looked at with all due haste, though diagnosing the source in a complex system can take time. Feliz also asks about the May outage detection time—Gelobter says it was detected within a few minutes.

Carmen N. De La Rosa

All right, and also, going back to the 6 a.m.

Carmen N. De La Rosa

Notice from the NYPD, so the NYPD notified that there were some calls having some issues.

Carmen N. De La Rosa

At what point do we determine whether it's just a minor issue or a bigger systemic issue when you're facing issues with calls?

Carmen N. De La Rosa

Do you have any policies in place for that?

Unidentified speaker

Appreciate the question.

Unidentified speaker

I think every issue that has surfaced is taken very seriously and looked at with all due haste.

Unidentified speaker

In a system that has so many moving pieces, it can take some time to diagnose the source of the issue.

Unidentified speaker

But there is no question that every issue is looked at and taken very seriously.

Carmen N. De La Rosa

The May outage, the May texting outage, how long did it take for you and your team to detect that outage?

Carmen N. De La Rosa

So it took 110 minutes to resolve it.

Carmen N. De La Rosa

How quickly were you able to detect it?

Unidentified speaker

Once the condition started, they knew within a few minutes.

Carmen N. De La Rosa

Within a few minutes.

Carmen N. De La Rosa

Okay.

Carmen N. De La Rosa

Okay, I think that pretty much concludes.