New York, NY – Report: City’s GPS Initiative Off Course By Millions

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    New York, NY – The city has reportedly wasted millions of dollars on global positioning systems for its fire and sanitation trucks, according to two new audits by City Comptroller John Liu.

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    Liu says the pricey systems are faulty, showing tracking information that sometimes indicated the trucks were in the water.

    Liu says the units installed in some sanitation vehicles cost more than the vehicles themselves.

    He also says the New York City Fire Department spent more than $7 million to outfit fire and EMS vehicles, which works out to more than $10,000 per unit.

    The FDNY says the units have saved lives by decreasing response times.

    After last year’s blizzard, sanitation officials decided to install GPS-equipped cell phones in more than 2,000 vehicles at a much lower cost.

    NY1 has reached out to the Sanitation Department for additional comment.


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    12 years ago

    Quite likely that some of the sanitation trucks are in the water (or in some other undisclosed location) since we’ve not seen most of them in several years, especially during snowstorms.

    12 years ago

    So what else is new? That the city knows how to squander our tax dollars is old news…

    pbalaw
    pbalaw
    12 years ago

    I hope they have camars too, 2000/10000 I put them in my vans for 300 plus a monthly monitoring fee

    dooalldel
    dooalldel
    12 years ago

    I have GPS trackers on our trucks and cost Maamesh gurnisht , how come the city is paying thosands on each vehicle ?