OP-ED: 'It was only a matter of time before Laura Kavanagh, the New York City Fire Department’s first woman commissioner, would catch hell for simply trying to do her job.' - David R. Jones
Her detractors were bound to put up a fight. Last month, a half-dozen of the FDNY’s most senior command staff took their insolence a step further andThe FDNY Neanderthals, the apotheoses of hate, are lashing out because they truly believe the FDNY belongs to them, not NYC taxpayers. In doing so, they’re challenging Mayor Eric Adams’ authority and temperament. They’re throwing down the gauntlet at the city’s second Black mayor, the first being David N. Dinkins, elected in 1989.
and firehouse bigotry against Blacks, Latinos, women and gay people that has been all too acceptable. As a former New York City police captain, Adams publicly took on questionable police practices. Unlike Mayor Bill de Blasio’s doublespeak, broken promises and missed opportunities to make lasting change at the FDNY – and the NYPD for that matter – Adams knows his responsibility to stop the FDNY’s shenanigans.
The irony is thick: The lion’s share of firefighters is overwhelming white, live outside of the five boroughs, do not vote in city elections and tend not to have a vested interest in the neighborhoods where they work. Adams was brought to power by voters from the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, outside the traditional city power center. The coalition also elected a City Council for the first time that looks like our racially and ethnically diverse boroughs.
Kavanagh has signaled plans to quickly step up the recruiting, hiring and promotion of women and minorities. According to New York City Council
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