Joseph Pfeifer, 67, was tapped to the second-highest rank in the FDNY in February. He officially took the oath of office and received his commissioner’s badge Tuesday amid Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh's ongoing feuding with some of the department's most senior chiefs.
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The first responders were joined in Brooklyn by Jayden and nine other folks saved across the years, with plenty of hugs at the emotional Fire Department event attended by about 100 people in Red Hook.
The updated lawsuit comes as 10 staff chiefs have either been demoted by Kavanagh or have asked to be lowered in rank as the turmoil in the FDNY’s upper ranks continue.
Three chiefs at the center of the ongoing turmoil at the top levels of the FDNY spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday, calling in an interview with NBC Nw York on the Mayor to step in and heal the rift between Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh and the department’s top brass.