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New York City Fire Commissioner

Civilian administrator of the NYC Fire Department


Civilian administrator of the NYC Fire Department

FieldValue
postFire Commissioner
of the City of New York
imageLillian Bonsignore 2022.png
appointerMayor of New York
termlengthNot specified
termlength_qualifiedRenewable at mayor's pleasure
formation1865
website
incumbentLillian Bonsignore
incumbentsinceJanuary 6, 2026
salary$277,605 (as of 2024)

of the City of New York The New York City Fire Commissioner is the civilian administrator of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), and is appointed by the mayor of the City of New York. Prior to 1865, the New York City Fire Department was staffed by volunteers. On March 30, 1865 the New York State legislature passed a law organizing the Metropolitan Fire Department as a paid firefighting force that took control of all the powers and authority of the volunteer department, as well as all the assets such as the fire trucks, equipment, and buildings. The law also created a commission to oversee the department, and for its administration and functioning. After a lawsuit contesting the constitutionality of the law was dismissed by the New York Court of Appeals, it immediately started to operate.

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 been 37 commissioners (41 including acting commissioners). The current commissioner is Lillian Bonsignore, who was appointed by Zohran Mamdani at the beginning of his mayoral administration.

List of fire commissioners

Pre-consolidated City of New York

During this period, the commissioners elected their own president who ran the commission meetings, and treasurer, who was the fiscal officer and responsible for reporting the department's finances to the mayor and the Board of Aldermen.

January 1, 1898replaced by Scannell as a single commissioner (see next table)

City of New York

NumberNameDates in OfficeAdministrationNotes and ReferencesDeputy
1John J. Scannell
2Thomas Sturgis
3Nicholas J. Hayes
4John H. O'Brien
5Francis J. Lantry
6Hugh Bonner
Nicholas J. Hayes
7Rhinelander Waldo
8Joseph Johnson
9Robert Edward Adamson
10Thomas J. Drennan
11John J. Dorman
Francis S. Giacome
12John J. McElligott
13Elmer Mustard
John J. McElligott
14Patrick Walsh
15Frank J. Quayle Jr.
Nathan C. Horwitz
16George P. Monaghan
Nathan C. Horwitz
17Jacob B. Grumet
18Edward Francis Cavanagh Jr.
19Edward Thompson
20Martin Scott
21Robert Oliver Lowery
22John T. O'Hagan
23Augustus A. Beekman
24Charles J. Hynes
25Joseph E. Spinnato
26Joseph F. Bruno
27Carlos M. Rivera
28William M. Feehan
29Howard Safir
30Thomas Von Essen
31Nicholas Scoppetta
32Salvatore Cassano
33Daniel A. Nigro
34Laura Kavanagh
Joseph W. Pfeifer
35Robert Tucker
36Mark Guerra
37Lillian Bonsignore

References

References

  1. (1865). "Laws of the State of New York Passed at the Eighty-Eighth Session of the Legislature, Begun January Third and Ended April Twenty-Ninth, 1865, in the City of Albany. Chapter 249 – An act to create a Metropolitan Fire District and establish a Fire Department therein". William Gould.
  2. (June 22, 1865). "The Paid Fire Department – Sketch of the Volunteer Department – Its History and Defects – The New Bill in the Legislature – Legal Action – Final Establishment of the Bill – How the Firemen Feel – The New Board – Their First Public Paper". The New York Times.
  3. (May 4, 1865). "The Fire Commissioners Sworn In – Philip W. Engs Appointed in Place of Samuel Sloan". The New York Times.
  4. (May 5, 1865). "The Paid Fire Department – A Temporary Injunction Obtained Against Chief-Engineer Decker, the Mayor and Common Council – The Apparatus and Property Not to be Transferred at Present to the New Commissioners – A Stout Fight to be Made in the Courts Against the Enforcement of the Law – The Feeling of the Old Firemen Expressed by Themselves – First Meeting of the New Board – Chas. E. Pinckney, President; Philip W. Engs, Treasurer, and Charles E. Gildersleeve, Secretary – Supreme Court – Chambers – Before Justice Sutherland". The New York Times.
  5. [https://books.google.com/books?id=dmBZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA396 ''Laws of the State of New York Passed at the Eighty-Eighth Session of the Legislature...'', §4, pages 396–397]
  6. [https://books.google.com/books?id=dmBZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA398 ''Laws of the State of New York Passed at the Eighty-Eighth Session of the Legislature...'', §9, page 398]
  7. (May 5, 1865). "Organization of the New Fire Board". The New York Times.
  8. (August 31, 1865). "The Fire Department – Resignation of Commissioner Booth – Employes in the Chief's Office". The New York Times.
  9. (September 1, 1865). "The New Fire Commissioner". The New York Times.
  10. (1870). "Statutes at Large of the State of New York Containing the General Statues Passed in the Years 1867, 1868, 1869, & 1870 With a Reference to All the Decisions Upon Them – Chapter 408 – An act to provide for an additional Metropolitan Fire Commissioner, and to regulate and establish the pay of the members and employees of the Metropolitan Fire Department". Weed, Parsons & Company.
  11. (May 2, 1867). "Fire Department – Organization of the New Board". The New York Times.
  12. (September 21, 1868). "Obituary – Death of J.G. Abbe". The New York Times.
  13. (September 27, 2024). "The Fire Department – New Code of Signals — Discipline of the Force — The Library — Mr. Abbe's Successor". The New York Times.
  14. (November 13, 1868). "Election of a Fire Commissioner". New York Daily Tribune.
  15. (1870). "Laws of the State of New York, Passed at the Ninety-Third Session of the Legislature, Begun January Fourth, and Ended April Twenty-Sixth, 1870, in the City of Albany – Chapter 137 – An act to reorganize the local government of the City of New York – Article Tenth". Weed, Parsons & Company.
  16. (April 11, 1870). "The City Government – Heads of Departments Appointed by the Mayor". The New York Times.
  17. (May 1, 1870). "Fire Department – Organization of the New Board – Resolutions and Orders". The New York Times.
  18. (June 30, 1873). "Laws of the State Affecting Interests in the City and County of New York, Passed by the Legislature of 1873 – Chapter 335 – Article X – An act to reorganize the local government of the City of New York". Martin B. Brown.
  19. (June 24, 1873). "Special Session – Board of Aldermen – Messages from His Honor the Mayor". The City Record.
  20. (June 26, 1873). "Fire Department". The City Record.
  21. (August 9, 1875). "Fire Department – Report for the Quarter Ending June 30, 1875". The City Record.
  22. (July 18, 1877). "Fire Department – Report for the Quarter ending June 30, 1877". The City Record.
  23. Costello, A.E.. (2002). "Birth of the Bravest – A History of the New York Fire Department from 1609 to 1887". Tom Doherty Associates.
  24. Costello, p. 395–386.
  25. (June 23, 1882). "Fire Department – Report for the Three Months and Year ending December 31, 1881". The City Record.
  26. (1882). "Report of the Fire Department of the City of New York for the Three Months and Year Ending December 31, 1881, With the Rules and Regulations, Tabular Statements and Details of Fires and Alarms, and Law Relating to the Department". Martin B. Brown.
  27. (May 18, 1881). "Fire Department". The City Record.
  28. Costello, p. 400.
  29. (September 14, 1881). "Legislative Department – Board of Aldermen – Stated Session". The City Record.
  30. (June 27, 1883). "Fire Department – Communications". The City Record.
  31. (November 16, 1883). "Croker Gets an Office – But Not So Good As the Police Justiceship – Croker Made Fire Commissioner in Place of Gorman, Who With O'Reilly, Becomes Police Justice". The New York Times.
  32. (July 28, 1885). "Fire Department – Report for the Quarter ending June 30, 1885". The City Record.
  33. (May 9, 1887). "Appointed by the Mayor – Filling Six Vacant Seats in Departments – Three New Commissioners — Porter and Voorhis Retained — Croker Reappointed After Resigning". The New York Times.
  34. (May 11, 1888). "Four New Commissioners – The Mayor's Selection for Vacant Places – Porter for the Fire Department, MacLean for Police, Daly for Accounts, and Towle for Parks". The New York Times.
  35. (April 10, 1888). "Croker in the Fat Office – The Mayor Makes Him City Chamberlain – He Files His Bond and Appoints a Deputy – Something About the Leader of Tammany Hall". The New York Times.
  36. (September 23, 1889). "Fire Department – Report for the Quarter ending June 30, 1889". The City Record.
  37. (May 30, 1891). "Scannell Out in the Cold – Mayor Grant Announces His Appointments at Last – Eickhoff Succeeds Himself — Phelan Made Dock Commissioner — The Smith-Welde Deal Carried Out — A Cold Shoulder to Voorhis". The New York Times.
  38. (November 27, 1892). "Good Thing to Guess At – Why Grant Left All the Offices for Gilroy to Fill – Some Say He Disregarded the Spirit of the Law — They Declare That It Was His Duty to Make Certain Appointments — An Explanation Involving Scannell". The New York Times.
  39. (January 11, 1893). "Executive Department – Communications". The City Record.
  40. (May 2, 1893). "Places Filled by the Mayor – He Makes Fifteen Appointments and Clears His Desk – Bernard F. Martin a Police Justice and John J. Scanell Reappointed Fire Commissioner — Brennan Not Touched — Many Surprises in the List — Curiosity as to Andrew J. White's Action in Accepting a Smaller Salary and Shorter Term Than He Had — Wanted a Change". The New York Times.
  41. (May 3, 1893). "Fire Commissioners Reorganize". The New York Times.
  42. (February 3, 1894). "H. Winthrop Gray Is Out – Relations with Fellow-Fire Commissioners Unpleasant". The New York Times.
  43. (February 3, 1894). "Mr. Gray Resigns – And S. Howland Robbins Succeeds Him as Fire Commissioner – Culmination of Quarrels Over the Soteldo Charges – Interesting Letters Held Back". The World.
  44. (March 5, 1895). "Place for Gen La Grange – Will Succeed John J. Scannell as Fire Commissioner – Talking Over the Local Census – May Be Begun About April 1 — Delegation of Women Call on the Mayor and Suggest Six School Commissioners". The New York Times.
  45. (March 8, 1895). "James R. Sheffield's New Office – Sworn In as a Fire Commissioner to Succeed Anthony Eickhoff — Other Appointments to be Made". The New York Times.
  46. (May 2, 1895). "Appointed by the Mayor – Austin E. Ford Becomes a Member of the Fire Board – A Six-Year Term for Mr. Einstein – His Place on the Dock Board Made Permanent — Police Commission May Not Be Completed Pending Legislation". The New York Times.
  47. (August 22, 1895). "Fire Department". The City Record.
  48. (June 30, 1896). "Mr. Sheffield's Resignation – Mr. Ford Now Treasurer of the Fire Board — Time for Conon". The New York Times.
  49. (September 27, 1896). "To Succeed Austin E. Ford – Thomas Sturgis Made a Fire Commissioner by the Mayor". The New York Times.
  50. (December 11, 1896). "Fire Department". The City Record.
  51. (January 2, 1898). "The New City Officials — As Announced by Mayor Van Wyck, the Slate Contains Some Surprises — Politicians Are Puzzled — Friends of Hugh J. Grant Seem to be Intentionally Ignored — The List as Given Out Yesterday". The New York Times.
  52. (March 6, 1918). "J.J. Scannell, Old Tammanyite, Dies — Ex-Fire Commissioner and Ex-Fire Chief Expires of Pneumonia at 78 Years — Avenged Brother's Death — Acquitted as Insane, His Political Rise Followed Friendship Made with Croker in Tombs". The New York Times.
  53. (February 17, 1898). "In the Social World". Standard Union.
  54. (February 20, 1934). "R. H. Laimbeer Jr., Once Judge, Dies". The New York Times.
  55. (January 2, 1904). "New Mayor In Office — Col. McClellan's Address In Taking Over City Government — Promises to Administer Affairs in the Interest of All the People — Compliments His Predecessor on the Esteem Which He Has Earned". The New York Times.
  56. (January 2, 1902). "New Chiefs in Control". The New York Times.
  57. (February 27, 1914). "Thomas Sturgis — Fire Commissioner, Who Removed Chief Croker, Dies in England". The New York Times.
  58. (December 30, 1903). "W. A. Doyle Deputy Fire Commissioner". The Evening World.
  59. (January 2, 1906). "New Fire Head Turns Down Croker's Order — O'Brien Sustains Hayes in Clash with the Chief — Inherits Department Row — Croker Revoked Hayes' Details, Hayes Reasserted Them, and the Chief Revoked Them Again". The New York Times.
  60. (February 5, 1941). "J.H. O'Brien Dies; Ex-City Official — Former Fire Commissioner and Member of Water Supply Board of New York — Served Public 3 Decades — When Political Writer for The Sun — Attracted Notice of Late Mayor McClellan". The New York Times.
  61. (October 11, 1906). "Mayor Drafts Lantry For Fire Commissioner — Coggey Made the Head of the Correction Department — He Has Been a Murphy Man — Lantry, Who Takes O'Brien's Place, Highly Praised by Mayor McClellan Before the Shift". The New York Times.
  62. (October 8, 1922). "Death Claims Lantry, Once High In Tammany — Former Fire and Correction Appointee Split With Murphy as to McClellan and Hearst". The New York Times.
  63. (February 11, 1908). "Hugh Bonner Heads Fire Department — This and Other Appointments by the Mayor Please Tammany Leader Murphy — Spooner Head of Docks — McClellan, In an Official Statement, Pleads for Democratic Unity Here for the Coming National Fight". The New York Times.
  64. (March 13, 1908). "Hugh Bonner Dead — Recently Appointed Fire Commissioner and Long a Chief in the Department". The New York Times.
  65. (March 21, 1908). "Hayes In Bonner's Place — Mayor Makes the ex-Sheriff City Fire Commissioner". The New York Times.
  66. (January 3, 1928). "Nicholas J. Hayes Dies Suddenly — Commissioner of Water Supply Is Stricken With Heart Disease in His Home — Once a Power in Tammany — Served as Sheriff and as Head of Fire Department — Was Friend of Late C.F. Murphy". The New York Times.
  67. (January 5, 1910). "O'Keeffe on his new job". The Sun.
  68. (January 3, 1910). "Gaynor Names Six; Tiger Not Favored — Announcement Coupled with Praise of Murphy Who, Says the Mayor, Hasn't Horns — Waldo Fire Commissioner — Watkins Corporation Counsel, Tomkins Dock Commissioner, and Hyde City Chamberlain". The New York Times.
  69. (May 24, 1911). "Gaynor Puts Waldo In Cropsey's Place — Tells Him to Banish Favoritism from Police as He Did from Fire Department — Inspector O'Brien Out — Cropsey's Last Official Act — Resigned Thursday After a Tilt — Croker or O'Keeffe for Fire Head". The New York Times.
  70. (August 14, 1927). "Waldo, 50, Dies Of Septic Poisoning — Former Police and Fire Head Succumbs at Garrison, N.Y., of an Old Ailment — Served in the Philippines — Arduous Labors There Blamed for Fatal Illness — Storm Centre While In Office Here". The New York Times.
  71. (May 30, 1911). "Driscoll Quits Job; O'Keeffe To Get It — Will Command in Brooklyn — McKay of Aqueduct Police Fourth Deputy in Booraem's Place — Gaynor Talks Amid Cheers — Central Figure at Promotion of 129 Men — 86 Appointments to Force, Including Cropsey's Troublesome 48". The New York Times.
  72. "Johnson Appointed Fire Commissioner — O'Keeffe's Selection as First Police Deputy Is Now Expected — Waldo Praises Successor — Who Says the Department Will Run Along as New Police Head Planned — The Great Oak's Career". The New York Times.
  73. (March 9, 1942). "Joseph Johnson, 71, Ex-Official In City — Fire Commissioner, 1911-1917 — Was Named by Gaynor — Dies at Home in Atlanta — Former Newspaper Man — Began 'Model Saloon' in 1904 — Had Been Film Executive and Served Red Cross". The New York Times.
  74. (January 16, 1914). "Laimbeer Deputy Fire Commissioner". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
  75. (January 1, 1914). "Mitchel Names His City Helpers — Henry Bruere City Chamberlain, Adamson Fire Commissioner, as Predicted — Several Men Hold Over — John T. Featherson, Recognized National Expert, to Clean the Streets — Miss Davis Commissioner — Republicans Get Many Places, Progressives Two, Independent Democrats the Rest". The New York Times.
  76. (September 20, 1935). "Robert Adamson, Ex-Fire Head, Dies — Commissioner Under Mitchel Had Been Secretary to Gaynor, Then Kline — Collapses in His Office — Former Banker and Reporter an Editor at 20 — Cut Losses and Raised Firemen's Pay". The New York Times.
  77. (January 2, 1918). "Named By Hylan For Big City Posts — Alfred J. Johnson, City Chamberlain, Has Prominent Wall Street Connections — Many Veterans Appointed - Bird S. Coler, W.P. Burr, N.J. Hayes, J.A. Cantor, and Arthur Murphy All on the List". The New York Times.
  78. (July 16, 1928). "T.J. Drennan Dies From Heart Attack — Commissioner of Jurors of Kings County Stricken While Sitting With His Family — Aide of John H. McCooey — District Leader Was Fire Commissioner During Both of Hylan's Administrations". The New York Times.
  79. (May 6, 1926). "J.J. Dorman Named Fire Commissioner — Brooklyn Man's Selection Is a Surprise in Political Circles — A Victory For McCooey — Choice Is Seen as a Harmony Move Inspired by Coming Elections — Salary For Job Is $10,000 — T.J. Drennan's Successor Is Head of Kings County Democratic Committee". The New York Times.
  80. (June 22, 1953). "John Dorman Dies; Headed Fire Force — Commissioner Under Walker "Was Chairman of the Kings Democratic Committee". The New York Times.
  81. (January 1, 1934). "LaGuardia Moves To Clean Up City; Starts Hunt For Graft In Bureaus; Tammany Organizes The Alderman — Mayor Swears In Aides — Tells Each to Remove 'Every One' if Needed to Get Efficiency — Pledges Them Free Hand — Politicians No Longer Will Interfere With Prisons or Relief, He Says — First Day is Strenuous — New Executive Leaves Home at 8:28 A.M., Does Not Quit City Hall Till 6:30". The New York Times.
  82. (January 19, 1934). "LaGuardia Fills 3 Cabinet Posts — Moses Heads Park, McElligott Fire Department and Moss License Bureau. 3 Deputies Appointed — Hatch Gets Dock Job, Dr. Shipley Hospital Office — Mrs. R.L. Whitney Is License Aide". The New York Times.
  83. (February 24, 1940). "M'Elligott, 8 Aides Quit For Pensions; Fought By Mayor — Inquiry Is Ordered — Mustard Named Acting Fire Head in Move to Void Retirements — Mayor Acts by Radio — Out of the City, He Instructs Morris — Firemen Sought Benefits Under Old Law". The New York Times.
  84. (March 2, 1940). "Elmer Mustard Is Stricken Here — He Held Post of Acting Fire Commissioner for Four Days After McElligott Resigned — Voided Recent Pensions — Mayor Holds Deputy Who Had Served Department 39 Years 'Died in the Line of Duty". The New York Times.
  85. (February 27, 1940). "Mustard Cancels Retirement Order — McElligott and Six Officers of the Fire Department Are Affected by New Move — Due To Be On Duty Today — Deputy Chief Heffernan Says 'I'm Retired, and I'll Stay Retired' — Defies Mayor". The New York Times.
  86. (September 7, 1946). "John J. M'Elligott Dies In Hospital, 64; Fire Department Veteran Was First to Be Commissioner and Chief at One Time — In Former Post 7 Years — Ousted by La Guardia in 1941, He Then Joined Todd Corp. — Won Many Citations". The New York Times.
  87. (May 9, 1941). "M'elligott Ousted With Chief Deputy Over Graft Trials — Walsh Gets Post — Acting Chief Promoted — He Will Take Over Duties Tomorrow — Mayor Sees 'Whitewash' — Calls McKenna Lax in Petty Racket Case, Holds Superior Liable but Voices Regret". The New York Times.
  88. (September 22, 1946). "P.J. Walsh Is Dead; Former Fire Chief — Successor to McElligott Served Also as Commissioner — 44 Years in Department". The New York Times.
  89. (December 31, 1945). "O'Dwyer Names 18 As Aides, Warning: 'Make Good Or Go — Gives His Commissioners and Bureau Heads 3 Months to Meet 'Team' Requirements — Sees Grave Tasks Ahead — Financial, Housing, School and Transit Problems Among the Most Urgent, He Declares". The New York Times.
  90. (June 23, 1971). "Frank J. Quayle is Dead at 79; Fire Commissioner in the '40s — Democratic Leader Had Also Been Sheriff of Kings and Brooklyn Postmaster". The New York Times.
  91. (November 14, 1951). "Quayle Resigns as Fire Head On Eve of Mayor's Inaugural — H.J. Rosen, Aide in Pecora Campaign, Gives Up His $7,850 City Post". The New York Times.
  92. (December 27, 1950). "New Fire Head To Speak — Monaghan to Go on Air After Being Sworn Commissioner". The New York Times.
  93. (December 7, 1950). "Hogan Aide Named Fire Commissioner — Appointing Monaghan, Mayor Minimizes Significance of His Being a Prosecutor". The New York Times.
  94. (July 10, 1951). "Monaghan Sworn As Head Of Police — Promotion of 9 to Lieutenants His Last Act in Retiring as Fire Commissioner". The New York Times.
  95. (September 7, 1986). "George Monaghan, 85, Dead Ex-Harness Racing Official". The New York Times.
  96. (July 19, 1951). "Grumet New City Fire Head — Long Aide of Dewey, Hogan Republican to Take $15,000 Post Aug. 2 — Mayor Says Choice Was His Own". The New York Times.
  97. (February 15, 1954). "Grumet Quits, Urges No Firehouse Cuts". The New York Times.
  98. (June 9, 1987). "Jacob Grumet, Former Judge and Chairman of S.I.C., Dies". The New York Times.
  99. (February 16, 1954). "New Fire And Marine Commissioners Sworn In — 3 Agencies Of City Shuffle Officials — Cavanagh and O'Connor Are Sworn In — Gillroy Gets a New Housing Deputy". The New York Times.
  100. (June 19, 1986). "Edward Cavanagh Jr. Dies; Former Fire Commissioner". The New York Times.
  101. (December 28, 1961). "Judge Is Chosen As City Fire Head — Thompson of Queens Named — Wiley's Job Offered to Baltimore's Traffic Chief". The New York Times.
  102. (August 9, 1995). "Edward Thompson, 82, Judge And Former Fire Commissioner". The New York Times.
  103. (August 6, 1964). "Chief Fire Marshal Is Named City's New Fire Commissioner". The New York Times.
  104. (February 12, 1979). "Martin Scott Dead; Headed Fire Dept. — Was Commissioner Under Wagner and Chief Marshal For Decade". The New York Times.
  105. (December 25, 1965). "Jobs To Be Goal Of Youth Board — Pragmatism Called Answer to Juvenile Delinquency". The New York Times.
  106. (July 27, 2001). "Robert Lowery, First Black Fire Commissioner, Dies at 85". The New York Times.
  107. (October 12, 1973). "O'Hagan Now Fire Commissioner". The New York Times.
  108. (January 3, 1991). "John T. O'Hagan, 65, Fire Chief And Fire Commissioner in the 70's". The New New York Times.
  109. (January 18, 1978). "Koch Picks Fire Chief To Be Commissioner — Augustus Beekman Will Be Second Black to Hold Post As the Head of Oldest U.S. Firefighting Force". The New York Times.
  110. (December 3, 2008). "Gus Beekman, second African-American comissioner [sic] of FDNY, dead at 85". New York Daily News.
  111. (November 6, 1980). "Fire Commissioner Beekman Ousted; Hynes Gets Post". The New York Times.
  112. (October 19, 1982). "New York Day By Day". The New York Times.
  113. (February 18, 1983). "Koch Appoints Spinnato City Fire Commissioner". The New York Times.
  114. (October 21, 1987). "Parking Chief Named to Head Fire Department". The New York Times.
  115. (December 23, 1989). "Veteran Firefighter Moves Up to Become Commissioner". The New York Times.
  116. (November 25, 1993). "Dinkins Appoints Fire Commissioner". The New York Times.
  117. (December 31, 1993). "Reporter's Notebook; New Team Cleans Up Cleanup Plans". The New York Times.
  118. (March 30, 1996). "Union Head Named New York's New Fire Commissioner". The New York Times.
  119. (December 31, 2001). "Bloomberg Chooses Head Of Fire Dept.". The New York Times.
  120. (December 22, 2009). "40-Year Veteran Chosen to Lead the Fire Dept.". The New York Times.
  121. (May 9, 2014). "Key Figure in Fire Department After 9/11 Is to Return as Commissioner". The New York Times.
  122. (February 16, 2022). "End of an era: Commissioner Dan Nigro retires after half century with FDNY". ABC.com.
  123. (October 28, 2022). "New York Fire Department to Be Led by Woman for First Time". The New York Times.
  124. (July 15, 2024). "Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh to Step Down". The New York Times.
  125. (August 8, 2024). "Joseph Pfeifer named acting FDNY commissioner". cbsnews.com.
  126. (5 November 2025). "FDNY Commissioner Quits After Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Mayoral Election".
  127. Meko, Hurubie. (August 13, 2024). "Mayor Adams Names Robert Tucker as New Fire Commissioner". The New York Times.
  128. Mays, Jeffrey C.. (December 25, 2025). "Mamdani Named His Fire Commissioner. Then Adams Did Too.". The New York Times.
  129. (January 6, 2026). "Mayor Mamdani Swears In Lillian Bonsignore as Fire Commissioner".
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