Laura Kavanagh to lead FDNY on interim basis as Eric Adams decides on new commissioner
The FDNY’s top female official will be taking over as the department’s acting commissioner while Mayor Adams mulls who to tap as its permanent boss.
First Deputy Commissioner Laura Kavanagh announced at a recent FDNY chiefs meeting that she will lead the department on an interim basis when Commissioner Daniel Nigro retires on Wednesday, sources said.
Kavanagh, 39, a former top aide to ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio, joined the FDNY nearly eight years ago. She also previously worked as senior director for de Blasio’s 2013 mayoral campaign and as a deputy state director for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, according to her LinkedIn page.
Kavanagh, who has occasionally filled in for Nigro when he was out of town, is among the top contenders for the commissioner post along with the FDNY’s top lawyer, Terryl Brown, sources said.
If either Kavanagh or Brown gets the job, they would make history as the first female to lead the FDNY since its inception in 1865.
Laura Kavanagh to lead FDNY on interim basis as Eric Adams decides on new commissioner
The FDNY’s top female official will be taking over as the department’s acting commissioner while Mayor Adams mulls who to tap as its permanent boss.
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Good luck Commissioner Kavanagh