The 311 system will also include a website, mobile application, and social media platform for residents to choose from a variety of methods to initiate service requests. He said he also wanted to relieve pressure on the 911 emergency system, which handles about 900,000 calls a year, including for tens of thousands of nonemergencies.Call operators, working five days a week, answered a total of about 20,000 calls in the service's first nine months, officials said.

The town call center has begun connecting residents directly to state lawmakers, the U.S. Small Business Administration's Long Island office and Suffolk 311 when issues are outside the town's jurisdiction, he said. The budget for the service was expected to be about $560,000. The Suffolk 311 Call Center is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Suffolk Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart hosted a press conference in Hauppauge to make the announcement.The program was created to improve public safety by reducing the burden on 911 county emergency call centers that receive tens of thousands of non-emergency calls each year and will allow the call centers to be better positioned to respond to true emergencies. Sign In. Suffolk County residents can now dial 3-1-1 within the county and will be connected to our centralized Call Center to ensure a quick service request. Please enable notifications or using normal browsing mode.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone answers a call at the Suffolk 311 Call Center in Hauppauge on March 13. Credit: Debbie Egan-Chin Suffolk’s 311 call center, launched a year ago largely so residents could more easily report potholes and other quality of life concerns, has become one of Suffolk’s main avenues for connecting residents to coronavirus-related resources, county officials said.Since Suffolk's first known COVID-19 case in March, 311 call operators have answered more than 47,000 calls, many of them seeking information about COVID-19 testing locations and food banks, officials said. Please show you value this important work by becoming a subscriber now. Calls spiked to more than 16,000 calls a month and, in the first full year of operation, totaled 66,487, an official said. Gone are the days of getting the “runaround” when trying to contact your local government. One call operator even sent a Panera delivery to a family without food.“It’s really been used in every aspect of the COVID response,” Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said.

They have distributed free face coverings to about 10,000 seniors who requested them. County Executive St Babylon Town's 311 has had a similar spike in calls as residents sought information about accessing unemployment benefits and the federal Payroll Protection Program, said town Supervisor Richard Schaffer, the county's Democratic Party chairman. Most were from residents complaining about potholes and road conditions or seeking information about Civil Service exams, police tests and amenities at county beaches and parks, 311 manager Evita Marrow said. Request a service or report a problem. In early March, 311 received its first coronavirus-related call, from a doctor’s office with a patient with COVID-19 symptoms, Marrow said. "I am looking forward to this roll out and hope to be able to link Suffolk County 311 to our Town of Smithtown App, giving our residents every possible source for assistance and information," Smithtown Town Supervisor Ed Wehrheim said. Request Status All Services Knowledge. SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY - Officials announced the launch of the 311 system across Suffolk County starting on Wednesday. Then there’s three cases, and unfortunately it took Suffolk County by storm,” Marrow said.Call operators began fielding questions on COVID-19 symptoms, where to get tested and how to access health department letters stating they needed to quarantine. Required Unable to determine location. Suffolk County Government Steve Bellone, County Executive. Suffolk Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart called the county 311 line “invaluable.” She said “the ability of 311 operators to field certain nonemergency and COVID-19-related calls, allows for our emergency complaint operators to be available for emergency calls, improving public safety.” Even county officials who initially were skeptical about the cost and usefulness of the service acknowledged its value during the pandemic. In addition to connecting residents to the government that serves them, the 311 system is a premier management tool, which will help officials to better allocate resources and taxpayer dollars by capturing critical details on each call, question, or request, allowing the county to gather valuable insight into the issues communities across the county are facing in real-time.By dialing 311, or 631-853-6311 if outside the jurisdiction of the county, residents will be directed to a central call center that will help to track and complete common inquiries and concerns.

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