Laura Kavanagh

Laura Kavanagh was the commissioner of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) from 2022 to 2024.

Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, left, and Lillian Bonsignore, commissioner of the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), during a swearing-in ceremony at the FDNY headquarters in New York, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.

I Led the FDNY. Don’t Believe Elon Musk’s Nonsense About It. I Led the FDNY. Don’t Believe Elon Musk’s Nonsense About It.

Musk’s attack on the new FDNY commissioner proves he knows nothing about how modern fire departments work.

Jan 16, 2026 / Laura Kavanagh

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