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Elon Musk on Friday slammed incoming New York Metropolis Mayor Zohran Mamdani for choosing a lady with out operational firefighting expertise as the pinnacle of the Fireplace Division of the Metropolis of New York Metropolis (FDNY).
“Folks will die due to this,” the billionaire provocateur, who served in President Donald Trump’s administration, wrote on X. “Confirmed expertise issues when lives are at stake.”
Mamdani, who will take workplace Jan. 1, appointed Lillian Bonsignore, a 31-year FDNY veteran who led EMS Operations through the COVID-19 pandemic, as FDNY commissioner this week.
She retired in 2022.
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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Lillian Bonsignore throughout a information convention asserting her appointment as the long run FDNY commissioner Tuesday. (Barry Williams/New York Day by day Information/Tribune Information Service by way of Getty Photos)
“The primary girl to attain a 4-star rank in FDNY historical past, she’s becoming a member of us because the FDNY Commissioner to convey her disaster management and operational experience to this administration,” Mamdani wrote on X Tuesday.
Bonsignore shall be solely the second girl to carry the place and the primary brazenly homosexual particular person within the function.
Elon Musk criticized NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani over his FDNY commissioner decide this week. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
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Mamdani rapidly responded to Musk on X, writing on Saturday, “Expertise does matter, which is why I appointed the one that spent greater than 30 years at EMS. You already know, the workforce that addresses a minimum of 70% of all calls coming into FDNY?”
Fox Information Digital has reached out to the FDNY and Mamdani’s crew for remark.
“I’m honored, so honored, and humbled to face earlier than you as the brand new fireplace commissioner,” Bonsignore mentioned at a Tuesday information convention. “This appointment represents a big duty, one I settle for with humility, dedication and a deep sense of dedication to town and its folks.”
Outgoing NYC Mayor Eric Adams additionally made his personal FDNY commissioner appointment this week, FDNY First Deputy Commissioner Mark Guerra.
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“Underneath our administration, maintaining New Yorkers protected and guarded has at all times been our North Star, and having principled, certified public servants in place to steer our essential public security businesses is essential to fulfilling that purpose; there’s no one that meets these excessive requirements (like) Commissioner Mark Guerra,” Adams mentioned Tuesday.
“Lillian’s gentle is one that may’t be dimmed by the rest that takes place,” Mamdani mentioned in response, in line with FOX 5. “The mayor is free to proceed to be the mayor till the top of this yr and make choices as such.”
