"Fire Commissioner Tucker [informed] me that City Hall will replace me with a new First Deputy Commissioner," Pfeifer, 68, wrote in a farewell email. "It has been great working with all of you for the last year and a half and many of you for much longer."
City Hall supported the new commissioner's decision, Mayoral spokeswoman Liz Garcia said. "As every commissioner before him has done, Commissioner Tucker will build a staff that will move forward his and the administration's vision for the FDNY."
Pfeifer had served in the department for 37 years until 2018, and was then pulled out of retirement last year to serve under the FDNY's first female leader. He was hired as then-Commissioner Kavanagh clashed with three of her top chiefs after demoting them.
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