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Feliz strongly disagrees with CTO's framing of outage awareness

New York City Council · Sep 9, 2026 · starts 0:57:50 · 42 sec

Feliz challenges the framing that the issue was only learned at 9:30 a.m., arguing alarm call issues at 6:40 a.m. warranted public notification. He states that when calls aren't going through, the public should be notified immediately so they can seek alternative help. Gelobter acknowledges communication procedures need revisiting.

Oswald J. Feliz

Some of my colleagues have additional questions.

Oswald J. Feliz

And respectfully, I know you and your team have done everything on this issue, everything within your power, but I just have to strongly disagree with that framing of the issue.

Oswald J. Feliz

It seems like there were technical issues that you were aware of by 640, I think, a notice to the public, letting the public know that some calls aren't going through and that there are issues.

Oswald J. Feliz

I think...

Oswald J. Feliz

That would have been helpful to the public, and I think that is a better framing of the issue.

Oswald J. Feliz

We learned about a potential, we learned about an outage by 6.40 a.m., or at least a partial outage by 6.40.

Lisa Gelobter

For alarm company calls, yes.

Oswald J. Feliz

Okay.

Oswald J. Feliz

Have we had any, do you think it makes sense to inform the public about outages?