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The FDNY’s top female official will be taking over as the department’s acting commissioner while Mayor Adams mulls who to tap as its permanent boss.
First Deputy Commissioner Laura Kavanagh announced at a recent FDNY chiefs meeting that she will lead the department on an interim basis when Commissioner Daniel Nigro retires on Wednesday
Ms. Kavanagh, 39, a former top aide to ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio, joined the FDNY eight years ago.
