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Ariola challenges mutual aid threshold after 274-call hour

New York City Council · Sep 30, 2026 · starts 0:45:38 · 18 sec

Ariola asks whether 274 calls in one hour meets the demand threshold. Maiano says it did for that period and later evened out; Ariola responds that it did not even out for the young man, whose parents are at an ICU bedside.

Joann Ariola

So is 274 calls?

Joann Ariola

That came in in that hour, does that meet the demand?

Paul Maiano

So for that period of time, it would have.

Paul Maiano

And then later on in the day, it evened out, like it balanced out later on.

Joann Ariola

It didn't even out for this young man.

Paul Maiano

You are 100% correct.