The de Blasio administration's shift of 90 Fire Prevention Inspectors from their duties to help suppress a second wave of the coronavirus in "hot spots" poses an "obvious danger to public safety," their union told a City Council hearing Nov. 17.
"As a result of this reassignment, over 640 fire-suppression tests were canceled which were previously 'temporarily' delayed from March and April of this year," testified Deputy Fire Inspector Michael Reardon, a member of District Council 37 Local 2507's executive board. "In total, over 1,500 field inspections were canceled including re-inspections, complaints, referrals, and investigations of system failure due to fire operations."
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