NANUET – State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie was in Rockland County on Thursday, and he brought with him $2.8 million for volunteer ambulance corps.
Volunteer ambulance corps provide a “very vital service” to the community.
Meeting with Assemblyman Patrick Carroll (D, Nanuet), Heastie acknowledged the difficulty in recruiting and funding those volunteer jobs. And he said, even paid EMT’s, in many cases, are underpaid.
“I think we need to take a longer look at how EMS services are provided,” he told Mid-Hudson News. “Even in (New York) City, as important as they are, they are not very field, so I think we can do a better job to let people understand what a vitally important service that we need to provide the resources for.”
While in Rockland County, Heastie announced $380,000 to the Thiells Fire Department to replace their search and rescue equipment destroyed in an accident; $950,000 for renovations to an affordable housing project in the Nyack General Fire Protection Company 2 district’ $525,000 to the Congers Ambulance Corps; $415,000 to the New City Ambulance Corps; $375,000 to the Haverstraw Ambulance Corps; and $190,000 to the Nanuet Ambulance Corps.
“Our emergency professionals are on the front lines every day, and I will continue working to make sure they have the resources, support, and tools they need to keep our communities safe,” said Assemblyman Carroll.
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