Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
A list of the past Commissioners of the New York City Fire Department since the Consolidation of the City of New York in 1898. For more information, see New York City Fire Commissioner . Pages in category "Commissioners of the New York City Fire Department"
Commissioner of Consumer Affairs [7] - this department was formed by the merger of the Department of Licenses and the Department of Markets on September 10, 1968. [8] Commissioner of Correction [9] - this department was originally formed as part the Department of Public Charities and Correction in 1868. The two were separated in 1895.
During the remainder of the 19th century, the number of commissioners was periodically changed by the New York State legislature, until a single commissioner was put in charge of the FDNY when Manhattan and the Bronx consolidated with Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island to form The City of New York on January 1, 1898. Since then, there have ...
A FDNY deputy chief during rescue efforts at the World Trade Center following the September 11, 2001 attacks.. Like most fire departments of major cities in the United States, the New York City Fire Department is organized in a paramilitary fashion, and in many cases, echoes the structure of the police department. [12]
Joseph W. Pfeifer (born 1956) [1] is a retired American firefighter who served with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). Pfeifer served as First Deputy Commissioner of the FDNY from February 2023 until September 2024, and as Acting Fire Commissioner of the FDNY in August 2024. Prior to his civilian work in the FDNY, Pfeifer was an ...
Mayor Eric Adams wants to rein in excessive overtime in the NYPD, the FDNY and two other Big Apple departments in the wake of the alleged sex-for-overtime scandal that has rocked the police force.
The New York City Department of Correction was first founded as a separate entity in New York City in 1895 after a split from the Department of Public Charities and Correction. [2] Roosevelt Island, then called Blackwell's Island, was the main penal institution under the jurisdiction of the DOC until the 1930s when it was closed.
On November 23, 1965, incoming mayor Lindsay announced the appointment of Lowery as Fire Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department. His was the first commissioner level appointment announced by the mayor-elect.