Paramedics Help Save Lives in New York. Can They Afford to Live There?

Scritto il 15/07/2026
da Eliza Shapiro and Vincent Alban

Some of New York City’s emergency medical workers make just $18 an hour. Their boss, Zohran Mamdani, has staked his mayoralty on making New York City more affordable for all.Taysha Soto has spent the last two years in close touch with life and death in New York City as an emergency medical technician.