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The following is reported by Celeste Katz at the NY Daily News Blog:
Eight FDNY units from Brooklyn are among the 20 companies slated to close due to budget cuts, the Daily News has learned.
The list – obtained by the Daily News late Wednesday – shows that every borough will be effected by the closures, but Brooklyn will be hit the hardest.
Engine 205 in Brooklyn Heights, Ladder 104 in Williamsburg and Engine 220 in Park Slope are among those set to shut down.
Four Queens companies are on the chopping block, while three each in Manhattan and the Bronx – and two on Staten Island – are also scheduled to be shut down, according to the list, which was obtained from a FDNY source.
Ladder 53, the only such unit on City Island, is slated to be closed, according to the list.
Additionally, Engine 4 and Ladder 8 – two lower Manhattan companies within response range to the World Trade Center site – are set to be shut down.
The list is also set to be handed to the City Council on Wednesday, two days after a contentious hearing in which Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano refused to turn over the information.
Administration sources stressed that the list is tentative and some of the companies could be saved if additional money is found.
If that happens, the companies slated for closure could change, sources said.
The companies on the chopping block were selected by a FDNY analysis of their workload, response times and the proximity of other fire companies, officials said.
If all 20 companies are closed, it would save the city up to $55 million in savings, Mayor Bloomberg said.
The list was released after pressure from City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and other lawmakers, who threatened to file a subpoena to obtain the information.
One unit spared the ax was Engine 271 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, which had long been considered a prime target for closure.
That unit, which was among the first to respond to a fatal fire in the past week, will remain open, though it is unclear if the blaze played a role in that decision.
E4, 42 South St. Manhattan
E26, 220 W. 37th St, Manhattan
E46, 460 Cross Bronx Expwy, Bronx
E60 341 East 143rd St. Bronx
E157 1573 Castleton Ave. Staten Island
E161 278 McClean Ave. Staten Island
E205 74 Middagh St. Brooklyn
E206 1201 Grand St. Brooklyn
E218 650 Hart St. Brooklyn
E220 530 11th St. Brooklyn
E233 25 Rockaway Ave. Brooklyn
E284 1157 79th St. Brooklyn
E294 101-20 Jamaica Ave. Queens
E306 40-18 214th Place Queens
E328 16-19 Central Ave. Queens
L008 14 North Moore St. Manhattan
L053 169 Schofield Ave. Bronx
L104 161 South 2nd St. Brooklyn
L128 33-51 Greenpoint Ave. Queens
L161 2929 W 8th St. Brooklyn
(Source: NY Daily News)
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4 Responses
Not your error, but it’s not “effected” but “affected”.
16-19 Central Ave. Queens
Is the closest one to the frum part of far rockaway. Let’s see if that one isn’t changed
Maybe Bloomberg should first consider funding training for some Volunteer Fire fighters that might consider taking over some of these fire stations so that they don’t have to be closed and then either phase out the Fire fighters that work there and/or transfer them to other areas of the city. They should obviously stop recruiting rookies because they have no jobs. Until they find jobs for all they lay off there should be a moratorium on training and hiring rookies.
Again I say, we didn’t need him to cut the budget and get shut down necessary services. He was supposed to make the city work within the budget without forcing its employees into unemployment and cause the citizens harm. Any politician could have done that!
And and politician can raise taxes and tolls; groise chochim.