Staten Island BP Honors Emergency Services Workers At 32nd Annual EMS Breakfast

BP Vito Fossella

3 weeks ago

BP Fossella to Honor Emergency Service Heroes at 32nd Annual EMS Breakfast

We covered this event last year presented by the borough president during National EMS Week. As we’ve discussed in the past, pay parity for FDNY EMS workers is causing real issues in hiring and retention, which is likely to lead to even longer response times as people are promoted outof EMS and aren’t being replaced. We’ll be revisiting that issue in the next few weeks with a discussion with EMSPAC and Cm Morano of Staten Island. The photos in the below slideshow were taken by our photographer, Sean Fitzpatrick:

Staten Island, NY – Borough President Vito Fossella and the Staten Island EMS Task Force proudly honored emergency technicians and paramedics for their work saving Staten Islanders’ lives during the annual EMS Breakfast and Awards Ceremony on Monday, May 18th at 9:30 AM at the Hilton Garden Inn.

The Borough President’s annual EMS Breakfast honors EMT’s, paramedics, emergency service instructors and students for their heroic, life-saving work caring for Staten Islanders in dire medical need.

Following the breakfast, Borough President Fossella will present awards to several outstanding emergency medical service heroes who have given their all in service to the people of Staten Island.

Banner Image: EMS Breakfast with BP Fossella. Image Credit – Sean Fitzpatrick

BP Vito Fossella

The Office of the Borough President has a responsibility to advocate for the entire Borough of Staten Island and all its residents, and represents the Borough's interests within City government. The Borough President communicates directly with the Mayor and the City Council to emphasize Staten Island’s budget priorities. In addition, the Borough President is responsible for reviewing major land use decisions and proposing sites for city facilities within the Borough. As the chair of the Borough Board, the Borough President leads Staten Island’s City Council delegation and Community Board chairs in the process of reviewing and approving the transfer of public properties to private use. The Borough President’s Office houses the Borough's Topographical Bureau, which maintains the borough’s official maps and assigns street addresses. The Borough President monitors the delivery of city services on Staten Island, and acts as a liaison between residents and city agencies when problems arise to devise solutions. The Borough President is also responsible for appointing one member to the Panel for Educational Policy and one member to the City Planning Commission, as well as some 150 members to Staten Island’s three community boards.