Barbara Russo-Lemon at amNewYork reports nearly 300 Fire Department of New York (FDNY) Emergency Medical Service Workers say they’re ready to leave Midtown and Lower Manhattan, citing the financial burden congestion pricing will put on their costs of living, their Union announced ahead of the toll program’s start, which began Sunday (January 5th).  Like all New York City Workers, Members of FDNY Local 2507 - representing the City’s 4,100 Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and Paramedics, are not exempt from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $9 base toll into Manhattan south of and including 60th Street.  As a result, the Union is urging its 270 EMTs and Paramedics assigned to the area to transfer out as soon as possible.  “Our Members have complained to us when this was first brought up a while back that they would simply resign or ask to be transferred because they couldn’t afford it at the time when it was ($15) an hour,” Local 2507 President Barzilay said. “Although it dropped to ($9), that’s a ($45) a week expense.  When you’re making poverty wages, every dollar means a lot to our Men and Women.”

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