FDNY Chief's Request for Demotion Sparks Mutiny Among Deputy Chiefs.
A tenth top FDNY chief, Assistant Chief Thomas J. Currao, has requested a demotion following comments made by newly appointed deputy commissioner Joseph Pfeifer, in which he dismissed the mutiny by nine top chiefs in solidarity with three others demoted by embattled commissioner Laura Kavanagh. Currao, described as a Kavanagh ally and her top choice to replace John Hodgens as the next Chief of Department, was outraged by Pfeifer's comments and found them wrong and disparaging to all chiefs. Kavanagh has so far refused to honor the requests for demotion.