A spokesperson for the mayor said the timing was not intended to overshadow Mamdani’s announcement just minutes later.

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It was a year bookended by political earthquakes, far and near, as, in January 2025, President Trump took office for his second term and unleashed policies of great impact on ...

Zohran Mamdani chose Lillian Bonsignore to be fire commissioner, weeks after the former commissioner, Robert S. Tucker, ...

It was a year bookended by political earthquakes, far and near, as, in January 2025, President Trump took office for his ...

The big one, obviously, is that New York City will have a new mayor come January 1. Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani ...

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has yet to name a schools chancellor, a health commissioner, or a transportation boss before he ...

Mustapha Kharbouch, a Lebanese-Palestinian student at Brown, was wrongly identified by social media users as the suspect.

New York City Mayor elect Zohran Mamdani is getting ready to lead New York City and now has chosen a fire commissioner.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani Tuesday named Lillian Bonsignore, the FDNY’s former emergency services chief, as the fire ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has chosen the city's next fire commissioner. Lillian Bonsignore, a well-respected retired EMS chief, will be the next fire commissioner.

Laura Kavanagh, whom Adams kept as acting Fire Commissioner for 10 months before swearing her in as full commissioner, praised Mamdani’s pick of Bonsignore and pointed to her understanding of the FDNY ...