On Thursday, Kavanagh’s first deputy commissioner Joseph Pfeifer held the weekly meeting with chiefs, and expressed regret for remarks he made to New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, sources said.William Farrington
FDNY spokeswoman said, “The Commissioner had a previously scheduled medical procedure this week,” when asked about her absence.Among the comments, when asked by Dowd if the furor over Kavanagh’s actions was “a case of misogyny,” Pfeifer replied, “I’ve never experienced anything like that in my entire career.”
Pfeifer insisted his comments were “taken out of context,” according to people with knowledge of the meeting.Cars are piled on top of each other at the scene of a partial collapse of a parking garage in the Financial District of New York.William FarringtonPfeifer also apologized for saying that the chiefs who requested demotion could be easily replaced.
He suggested they rescind their requests as a “good first step” to heal divisions with Kavanagh, the sources said. But none agreed to do so.
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