NYC Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh is stepping down
Commissioner Laura Kavanagh confirmed on Saturday that she intends to resign after Mayor Eric Adams finds a new commissioner for the FDNY, which is the country’s largest fire department.“I look forward to spending the next several months assisting the department’s transition in leadership, before embarking on my next professional challenge,” she said.
Recently, the city’s Emergency Medical Services response times have increased to an average of 12.81 minutes for life-threatening medical emergencies and 28.31 minutes for non-life-threatening situations,In her statement, Kavanagh called her time at FDNY an “honor of a lifetime.” In his own statement, Adams praised Kavanagh, calling her a “trailblazer” who overhauled the FDNY’s tech infrastructure, protected members’ health and
Councilmember Joann Ariola of Queens, who chairs the Council’s fire and emergency management committee, was more critical of the outgoing commissioner, saying that “if there was one thing that needed to be fixed in the FDNY, it was her.”
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