![]() ![]() As you mentioned, I'm heading to Washington D.C. next week?įire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh: Sure. So Commissioner Kavanagh, can you share with us a little bit about what you'll be doing down in D.C. And the second issue is that the Commissioner will be advocating for a cause that resonates deeply, as I mentioned before, with all New Yorkers, which is securing funding for a health program dedicated to supporting the heroes who responded to the September 11 attacks. The first is she will be testifying before Consumer Product and Safety Commission on lithium-ion batteries, which as I noted, are the second leading cause of fire-related deaths here in the city of New York in 2023. next week to testify on two different topics. As I mentioned, Commissioner Kavanagh will be making a very important trip to Washington D.C. So first, I'd like to start with Commissioner Kavanagh. The Commissioner and the team are here to tell us more about that deployment and their mission to help our neighbors in Vermont in the wake of that devastation. I'm also joined by New York City Emergency Management Deputy Commissioner Christina Farrell and members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue team representing New York City Emergency Management, the FDNY and NYPD, who just arrived home earlier this week from their deployment in Vermont, where they assisted in the rescue and recovery efforts following the extreme flooding that decimated the state of Vermont over the past few weeks. continuing to advocate for much needed medical care and other resources for those folks, and she'll be going down next week to Washington to continue that work. ![]() ![]() ![]() Commissioner Kavanagh has been a very loud voice in Washington D.C. continuing to advocate for 9/11 survivors, heroes, members of the FDNY who responded to the September 11 attacks. Unfortunately, lithium-ion batteries are now a leading cause of fire-related death here in the city of New York, and Commissioner Kavanagh and the FDNY have been making a significant push both here in the city and nationally to draw attention to this issue and to bring much needed federal regulation to lithium-ion batteries.Ĭommissioner Kavanagh will also share with us some important work she's going to be doing down in Washington D.C. We've been talking about this issue for some time here in the city of New York. next week to push the federal government for greater regulation on lithium-ion batteries. So today we have our FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, who's headed to Washington, D.C. I'm joined here today by a number of my colleagues from the public safety portfolio here in the City of New York, and we're going to be talking about a lot of important issues that have been facing the city, as well as some really incredible accomplishments from members of the public safety team here in New York City. Justin Meyers, Chief of Operations, Office of Public Safety: Welcome to our weekly New York City Public Safety briefing. Following our last speaker, we will take a few questions from the media followed by some questions that have been submitted by the public ahead of today's briefing. Moderator: Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us for today's public safety briefing led by Chief of Operations for the Office of Public Safety Justin Meyers. ![]()
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