""My goal is to ensure that every member of [the FDNY] has the resources and environment they need to perform their role safely and effectively," Bonsignore said at the press conference."
""Bonsignore's calm, decisive leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic - when EMS professionals were more vital than ever - is exactly the kind of leadership our city needs in moments of uncertainty," Mamdani said in a statement to City & State New York before the formal announcement."
""It's kind of odd that the thing I get celebrated for the most - people are always like, 'Wow, you're a woman and you're gay' - are the two things I put the least work into.""
Zohran Mamdani named Lillian Bonsignore commissioner of the Fire Department of New York, marking the department's second female commissioner and its first openly gay commissioner. Bonsignore joined the FDNY in 1991 as an emergency medical technician and served 31 years, retiring in 2022. She became chief of the FDNY's Emergency Medical Services division in 2019, the first woman to head that division and the first uniformed woman to be a four-star chief. Bonsignore was a first responder on September 11, 2001, and led EMS during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mamdani emphasized her calm, decisive leadership and commitment to ensuring resources and safety for FDNY members.
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