New York City will appeal a decision directing it to release a review of its 911 system and emergency response times, the city announced on April 13. “The city has been forthright and already provided reams of critical documents, but releasing an unfinished work product will chill the candid discussion necessary for genuine analysis,” Gail Mulligan, assistant corporation counsel in the labor and employment division of the city’s Law Department, said in a statement. An automatic stay is now in place in the case, Uniformed Fire Officers v. City of New York, 101799/12.
The review was commissioned after a 2010 Christmas blizzard left ambulances stranded and backed up the emergency call system. The city argues the review is still in draft form. In an April 9 decision, however, Acting Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron sided with lawyers for the firefighters, who argued the firefighters and the public had an interest in any problems with the 911 system that might be causing delays (NYLJ, April 10, 2012).
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