On March 28, GNYHA testified at a joint hearing of the NYC Council Fire and Criminal Justice Services Committee and the Committee on Health on the NYC Fire Department (FDNY) Emergency Services (EMS) Command. GNYHA commented on the importance of the partnership between the hospitals and FDNY and the valuable role that hospitals -- those that operate ambulances and those that do not -- play in the EMS system. GNYHA commended FDNY for an excellent job, as evidenced by the decreased response times since the EMS service was transferred to FDNY in 1996.