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Zohran Mamdani has been elected New York City’s 111th mayor. Incumbent Mayor Eric Adams will remain in office until Dec. 31. Follow NY1's updates on Mamdani’s transition to City Hall. FOX 5 NY's Robert Moses has the details. NEW YORK - In a rare political split screen, Mayor Eric Adams and Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced competing appointments for New York City fire commissioner within minutes of each other on Tuesday, underscoring an...

Mamdani, who takes office next week, named Lillian Bonsignor, a veteran emergency medical services leader, as his choice to lead the Fire Department of New York. Adams, whose term ends days later, announced Mark Guerra as fire commissioner for the final week of his administration. FDNY EMS Chief Lillian Bonsignore speaks during a press conference after a bunting ceremony at EMS Station 49 on Oct. 30, 2022, in the Queens brough of New York City. (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Bonsignor, 56, was born and raised in the Bronx and would become the city’s first openly gay fire commissioner and the second woman to lead the department, following Laura Kavanagh.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday tapped a 31-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department as its second-ever female commissioner after he takes office on Jan. 1, 2026. Mamdani’s announcement came on the same day that outgoing Mayor Eric Adams swore in his own pick to head the FDNY in the final days of his administration. The mayor-elect’s choice for FDNY commissioner, Lillian Bonsignore, has seen her share of tragedies that put the department to the test — she was on the front lines for the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and served as FDNY’s chief of emergency management during the COVID-19 pandemic. “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...

“Together, we will deliver public safety and public excellence to New Yorkers across the five boroughs, through five-alarm fires and medical emergencies alike.” Bonsignore first joined the FDNY in 1991 and, after 9/11, ascended quickly through the ranks. In 2002, she was promoted to lieutenant and advanced to captain three years later. NEW YORK (WABC) -- Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, defeating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. With the victory, the democratic socialist will etch his place in history as the city's first Muslim mayor, the first of South Asian heritage and the first born in Africa.

He will also become the city's youngest mayor in more than a century when he takes office on Jan. 1. Democratic U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill has been elected governor of New Jersey. The four-term member of Congress centered her campaign on her biography as a Navy helicopter pilot and former prosecutor who would stand up to President Donald Trump.

She will be New Jersey's second female governor. Local news, weather, sports in New York City from CBS News New York. New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named Lillian Bonsignore as FDNY commissioner on Tuesday. Bonsignore, a 31-year FDNY veteran who retired in 2022, will become the first openly gay and second woman commissioner in the department's history. She will assume the top spot in the department following Mamdani's inauguration on Jan. 1.

"I am honored, so honored, and humbled to stand before you as the new fire commissioner," Bonsignore said during a news conference Tuesday at Fort Totten Park, the location of the FDNY's EMS training... "This appointment represents a significant responsibility, one I accept with humility, dedication, and a deep sense of commitment to the city and its people." Bonsignore, a mother and wife, was born and raised in the Bronx. She will oversee 11,000 firefighters, 4,500 EMTs, and more than 2,000 civilian employees. Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today

Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has named his administration’s incoming fire commissioner — just one hour before outgoing Mayor Eric Adams swore in his own pick for the job. Mamdani announced Lillian Bonsignore's appointment at 1 p.m. The 31-year FDNY veteran led the department's emergency medical services through the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, at 2 p.m., Adams held a ceremony to swear in Mark Guerra, a 36-year department veteran and first deputy commissioner, as fire commissioner — an appointment that will last only until Mamdani takes... 1.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani appointed Lillian Bonsignore, the FDNY’s former EMS chief, as the fire department’s next commissioner Tuesday, a historic move that puts a longtime emergency response expert in charge of the agency. Bonsignore, the first openly gay person picked to lead the department in its 160-year history, retired from the FDNY in 2022 after a 31-year career in its EMS division, which oversees the agency’s paramedics... When she retired, Bonsignore was the chief of the FDNY’s EMS operations, a role she served in during the COVID-19 pandemic, which put immense strain on the department’s paramedics. At a news conference in Queens on Tuesday afternoon with Mamdani, Bonsignore acknowledged there could be concerns about her lack of firefighting chops. “I could see how that might be a concern being fire is the primary word,” she said.

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