{"id":1986225,"date":"2023-07-30T13:46:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T17:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fdny-commissioner-in-standoff-with-top-chiefs\/"},"modified":"2023-07-30T13:47:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T17:47:47","slug":"fdny-commissioner-in-standoff-with-top-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fdny-commissioner-in-standoff-with-top-chiefs\/","title":{"rendered":"FDNY commissioner in tense standoff with top chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffdny-commissioner-in-standoff-with-top-chiefs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1986225&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh speaks to the media. (Photo by\u2064 Spencer Platt\/Getty \u2064Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>10:42 AM \u2013 Sunday, July \u206430, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh is reportedly\u2063 in a \u200c\u201cstandoff\u201d\u200c with ten senior chiefs who have sought to be demoted in protest of her contentious department shake-up.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>In February, Chief of\u2062 Department John\u200d Hodgens and \u200dChief of Operations John Esposito requested\u2063 demotions after Kavanagh had removed \u2062three staff chiefs without consulting them, citing a\u2064 \u201cbreach \u2064of trust.\u201d The \u2063revolt\u2063 spread to\u200b eight other \u200cleaders, who also\u200d asked \u200bto\u2064 be demoted in\u2064 solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>Kavanagh later requested a 90-day \u201ccooling-off period.\u201d However, she has not \u2064acted\u2064 on\u2064 any requests in the last six months, keeping tensions high.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a Mexican standoff,\u201d said an insider source familiar\u2062 with FDNY operations\u2064 who spoke to the press.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the insider, Kavanagh placed herself in a bind by \u2063inciting the \u2064protest. Her \u2062decision to replace so \u2062many seasoned chiefs \u201ccould be disastrous\u201d in the event of a big fire or major catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p>Insiders say Kavanagh, the FDNY\u2019s first female commissioner, is hampered \u2063since Phil \u200cBanks,\u200c Mayor Adams\u2019 deputy mayor of public safety, is now calling the shots. According to reports, he will\u200d not\u2062 let\u200d her grant the demotions.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/firefighters-crash-apparent-drug-fueled-mens-drag-party-come-to-horrifying-realization-when-they-see-what-was-hidden-in-back\/\" title=\"Firefighters discover shocking secret at drug-fueled men's drag party.\">fire department officers<\/a> were enraged after Kavanagh\u2019s \u200dfirst deputy, Joseph Pfeifer, told a New \u200cYork Times journalist that he could not \u2063imagine any of the\u2064 mutineers being a part of\u200c the \u200bsquad going\u200d forward.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s \u2064a lot \u200dof \u200bvery experienced people in the field that we can bring up, that may even have\u200b more experience than some of the people that want to self-demote,\u201d Pfeifer said \u2063in the April 8<sup>th <\/sup>piece.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cNo one has replaced the chiefs because \u200cno one else \u2063has the\u200b necessary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fdny-commissioner-in-standoff-with-top-chiefs\/\" title=\"FDNY commissioner in tense standoff with top chiefs\">incident-command experience<\/a>,\u201d said Jim Walden, a lawyer for \u200cthe \u200ddemoted chiefs and other FDNY staff who have joined an age discrimination\u2062 lawsuit against Kavanagh and Banks. \u201cIt\u2019s\u2062 total\u200d paralysis.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to a\u200b reliable source, Hodgens and Esposito urged Kavanagh more than two months ago \u200bto \u200creplace those\u2062 she had demoted, those on medical leave, and \u2063those\u2062 who requested demotion \u201cbecause chiefs are filling double and triple Incident command responsibilities\u200d and are exhausted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet, \u200dthey received no reaction from Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, deputy and\u2062 battalion commanders have not indicated any\u200c desire to occupy the positions of demoted higher-ups.<\/p>\n<p>According to James McCarthy, president of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association, Kavanagh will not grant the demotions. He \u200bclaims the absence \u2062of available civil service jobs for the chiefs demanding demotions is a big \u2062impediment. <\/p>\n<p>The chiefs that were demoted by Kavanagh are now deputy chiefs, a\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-calls-on-pentagon-to-restore-nsa-general-counsel-michael-ellis-to-active-service\/\" title=\"Kevin McCarthy Calls on Pentagon to Restore NSA General Counsel Michael Ellis to Active Service\">civil service position<\/a> in his union.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy took on an optimistic outlook, stating that he does\u200c not believe the infighting will have an impact on FDNY\u200d operations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cEverybody\u2063 is\u200c still doing their\u2063 jobs\u2026 After Sept. 11, we lost\u2063 a\u2063 tremendous amount of \u200bpeople, 343,\u00a0a lot of leaders, a lot of officers, a lot \u200bof firefighters, and the\u2062 men and women of the fire department \u200cstill responded and did their jobs \u2064as best they could. So we are going to\u2064 step up and do what we are asked to do \u2064and\u200c meet\u2064 all the\u200d challenges,\u201d \u200dhe said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay\u200c informed! 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