Tag: Laura Kavanagh

Robert Tucker, right, is sworn in as a new New York City Fire Commissioner during a ceremony at FDNY Fire Academy, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in New York. AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura

Robert Tucker, the head of a security firm, is named fire commissioner of New York City

August 12 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday appointed Robert S. Tucker...

Mayor Eric Adams, left, holds an NYFD badge after Kavanagh was sworn in during a ceremony at FDNY Engine 33/Ladder 9, Oct. 27, 2022, in New York. Photo by Yuki Iwamura/AP

New York’s first female fire commissioner Laura Kavanagh to resign once replacement is found

July 15 | Associated Press

The first female commissioner of the Fire Department of New York said...

Hon. Nicholas Garaufis entered service as a U.S. district judge in the Eastern District of New York on August 28, 2000.Photo courtesy of Douglas Palmer

Judge calls FDNY to account for EEO complaints amid allegations of racist culture

April 2 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis has summoned FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh...

As e-bikes proliferate, so do deadly fires blamed on exploding lithium-ion batteries

July 27 | Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press

The explosion early on a June morning ignited a blaze that engulfed...