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Assistant Fire Chiefs Michael Gala, Joe Jardin and Michael Massucci claim they were targeted by Kavanagh “because they were at or near the age of 60″ according to the lawsuit filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court late Thursday.
EMT Arnaldo Rodriguez wants to be made a firefighter, which he was on his way to becoming in 2013 before an FDNY chief recently demoted by Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh ordered him to stay home and not return until contacted.
“We have no idea what’s going to happen next, but something is going to happen,” one FDNY union official told the Daily News. “We’re just ordering more popcorn.”
Judge Rachel Kovner denied a temporary restraining order against the demotion of assistant chiefs Michael Gala, Joseph Jardin, and Fred Schaaf late Thursday.