Newark Mayor Ras Baraka calls the assertion 'a lie'
, died after boarding the ship to fight the fire, which injured five others.
“What we’ve asked is to sit down in partnership with the mayor to conduct a joint safety audit, so that we can look at all of the deficiencies within the NFD,” Kelly said, referring to the Newark department. “Had we done that, say, a year ago, and implemented the recommendations in that safety audit, we would have had better staffing, we would have had better training, we could have pre-planned for fires at the port.
is leading in conjunction with several agencies, including the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the port’s operator.He said the unions’ assertion that the city had failed to staff the department adequately was “a lie.”
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