City Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley on FDNY Cuts in Mayor Bloomberg's City Budget...

City Council Fire & Criminal Justice Chair Elizabeth Crowley (D-Queens) said, “New Yorkers deserve to know that this budget will keep them safe – and that includes keeping our fire companies open. Whether its rapidly responding to fires and medical emergencies, building collapses and most importantly, in this context, terrorist attacks, our fire companies are always among the first to response and should not be cut. It is common sense: the greater the emergency response network we have on call, the more effectively we can protect ourselves from tragedy. Hundreds of people in every borough through New York City have rallied and will continue to send the clear message to the Mayor: keep our fire companies open.”