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Flatbush Scoop · Sep 9, 2026

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City officials acknowledged Wednesday that they did not disclose a nearly two-hour 911 system outage that occurred in May, as they faced questioning from the City Council over a separate seven-hour outage in August that blocked nearly 1,700 emergency calls. Officials said new communication protocols are being developed following the failures.

City officials acknowledged Wednesday that they did not disclose a nearly two-hour 911 system outage that occurred in May, as they faced questioning from the City Council over a separate seven-hour outage in August that blocked nearly 1,700 emergency calls. Officials said new communication protocols are being developed following the failures.

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