EMS workers, who make life-or-death decisions in emergencies, are the lowest paid first responders <\/p>\n
After 31 years in New York City\u2019s emergency medical services, Oren Barzilay has started giving young New Yorkers advice he never imagined giving when he began his EMS career. \u201cDon\u2019t come here,\u201d he tells them. \u201cYou are only going to hurt yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is a striking reversal for Barzilay, the recently retired president of FDNY EMS Local 2507. What changed for Barzilay was not his view of work or the value of service. It was what he believes is the New York City failure to pay the people who put their lives at risk to save the lives of others.<\/p>\n
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