911 Open Data Local Law 119: NYC Emergency Response Times

Counts and percent/average response times for incident categories defined by New York City's Local Law 119 of 2013, known as The Ariel Russo Emergency 9-1-1 Response Time Reporting Act. The dataset is provided by the City of New York and was last updated on March 15, 2026. It is available in multiple formats including CSV, XML, RDF, and JSON.

Use Cases

• Benchmark emergency response performance based on reported incident categories and average response times.
• Monitor compliance with Local Law 119 based on the mandated reporting categories.
• Analyze trends in 911 call handling efficiency based on counts and percent response times.

Strengths

• Data is mandated by a specific city law (Local Law 119 of 2013), providing a clear legal framework.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, XML, RDF, JSON).
• Last updated date is explicitly provided (2026-03-15).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download or from external definitions.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

City of New York

Collection Method

Likely collected from official 911 dispatch and response systems for compliance reporting.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-15 02:50:52.303380; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA