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March 17, 2015 Liam Mathews

Tech entrepreneur Minqi Jiang has a theory: in New York City, ambulances take too long to get to the scene. 9-1-1 calls run a relay, from call center to dispatcher to ambulance crew, and this inefficient chain costs lives. The median response time is 6.1 minutes, according to an Independent Budget Office study, but in […]

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December 22, 2014 Rhett Jones

Following the tragic shooting of two NYPD officers by a suicidal, mentally ill man, state lawmakers are calling for funding to install bulletproof glass in all police cruisers. Four assembly members announced on Sunday that they are drafting legislation to use part of a $5.1 billion budget surplus to outfit squad cars in departments across […]

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