In 2021, then Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams penned a joint op-ed with one of us calling on the city to secure pay parity for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workers. It followed an op-ed the two of us co-wrote, demanding an end to the indefensible pay disparities faced by these workers.
Despite now having the power to actually deliver, Mayor Adams has instead turned his back on these frontline workers by failing to advance progress that would pay EMS workers what they deserve.
