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New Yorkers don't know where our nearest automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are, so when someone has a heart attack, more people die. A new City Council bill would change that. Help improve it & get it passed! Submit written testimony by 10am ET, April 2nd.

Not a New Yorker? We need expertise in education & . Or do 30 minutes of research about AED public data in your area. You don't have to write a lot! A paragraph is fine.

https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2023/nyc-improve-open-data-bill-prevent-heart-attack-deaths/

Public Access Defibrillation Sites in New York City 2010. Data source: NYC REMSCO May 31, 2010; map prepared by DOHMH CVD Prevention and Control Program. A map of dots showing the neighborhoods in New York City that have PAD sites. This is the most recent published map of public AED sites in NYC.

replied to Sumana Harihareswara's status

New Yorkers don't know where our nearest automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are, so when someone has a heart attack, more people die.

A City Council bill, Intro 814, a.k.a. The HEART (Harihareswara Expand Access to Rapid Treatment) Act, would change that.

Tomorrow it's going to a committee vote. https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2023/opening-aed-location-data-in-new-york-city-progress-update/

I wrote about what might happen tomorrow, how and why the bill is better than it was in March, and data bureaucracy nerdery!

Public Access Defibrillation Sites in New York City 2010. Data source: NYC REMSCO May 31, 2010; map prepared by DOHMH CVD Prevention and Control Program. A map of dots showing the neighborhoods in New York City that have PAD sites. This is the most recent published map of public AED sites in NYC.
Public Access Defibrillation Sites in New York City 2010. Data source: NYC REMSCO May 31, 2010; map prepared by DOHMH CVD Prevention and Control Program. A map of dots showing the neighborhoods in New York City that have PAD sites. This is the most recent published map of public AED sites in NYC.

replied to Sumana Harihareswara's status

Thanks to the several of you who answered my call to submit written testimony a few months ago -- you helped make the bill better!

I thiiiink the Health Committee meeting tomorrow will be livestreamed within https://council.nyc.gov/ (go to Live Video Feed and "Select a stream" Thursday starting 9:30am ET). And I'm fairly certain the full Council meeting at noon [was 1:30] ET will be livestreamed.

If there's a press event [edit: no], and a way for folks here to watch it remotely, I'll tell you.

replied to Sumana Harihareswara's status

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