"Bonsignore joined the FDNY in 1991 as an emergency medical technician, serving 31 years before her retirement in 2022. She was named chief of the FDNY's Emergency Medical Services division in 2019, becoming the first woman to head the division and first uniformed woman to be a four-star chief in the department. Her tenure included working as a first responder in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and leading the EMS division during the COVID-19 pandemic."
"Mamdani announced Tuesday at a press conference that he has appointed Lillian Bonsignore, a 56-year-old out lesbian and decorated first responder, to lead the FDNY once he is inaugurated on January 1. In response to the news, the billionaire and Tesla CEO took to social media over the weekend to attack Bonsignore, fallaciously claiming that "people will die because of this.""
Lillian Bonsignore will lead the FDNY beginning January 1 after a 31-year career in EMS that began in 1991 and ended with her 2022 retirement. She served as chief of the department's Emergency Medical Services division from 2019 and became the first woman to head that division and the first uniformed woman to be a four-star chief. Her career includes first-responder work during the September 11, 2001 attacks and leadership of EMS through the COVID-19 pandemic. The appointment makes her the second woman and first out gay FDNY chief and results in women heading both the city's fire and police departments.
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