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Thomas Tracy

Another chief demands demotion as FDNY top brass turmoil continues

NEW YORK — Another FDNY chief has asked to be demoted as the department continues to quake from the ongoing clash between Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh and the department’s top brass, sources told The New York Daily News.

Assistant Chief Thomas Currao sent a letter asking for a demotion and to be put back in the field earlier this week, sources with knowledge of the case said.

Currao was apparently outraged of the flippant way newly minted First Deputy Commissioner Joseph Pfeifer dismissed concerns by staff chiefs who feel they’re being ignored by Kavanagh and her team in a recent New York Times column, said the sources.

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