A unanimous panel of the Appellate Division, First Department, yesterday ordered New York City to release a consultant’s review of its 911 system and emergency response times prepared in the wake of a 2010 blizzard that left ambulances stranded and overwhelmed the emergency call system.
The order came in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the Uniform Fire Officers Association, Local 854, the firefighter’s union. The city had refused to release the report, saying that it was still in draft form. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron (See Profile) ordered its release last spring (NYLJ, April 17).
