New York City Fire Commissioner

The New York City Fire Commissioner is the civilian administrator of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), appointed by the Mayor of the City of New York. There have been 32 commissioners since Manhattan and the Bronx consolidated with Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island to form The City of New York in 1898. The current Fire Commissioner is Salvatore Cassano, who has held the office since January 1, 2010.

New York City Fire Commissioner
Occupation
Activity sectors Fire fighting
List of Fire Commissioners of the pre-consolidated City of New York
Name Dates in Office Administration
Richard Croker 1883–1887
S. Howland Robbins ?–1893 Hugh J. Grant
John Jay Scannell and Henry Winthrop Gray 1893–1898 Thomas F. Gilroy
List of Fire Commissioners of the consolidated City of New York
Name Dates in Office Administration
John Jay Scannell January 1, 1898 – December 31, 1901 Robert Anderson Van Wyck
Thomas Sturgis January 1, 1902 – December 31, 1903 Seth Low
Nicholas J. Hayes January 1, 1904 – December 31, 1905 George Brinton McClellan, Jr.
John H. O'Brien January 1, 1906 – October 10, 1906 George Brinton McClellan, Jr.
Francis J. Lantry October 10, 1906 – February 10, 1908 George Brinton McClellan, Jr.
Hugh Bonner February 10, 1908 – March 13, 1908 George Brinton McClellan, Jr.
Nicholas J. Hayes March 13, 1908 – January 3, 1910 George Brinton McClellan, Jr.
Rhinelander Waldo January 3, 1910 – May 23, 1911 William Jay Gaynor
Joseph Johnson June 1, 1911 – December 31, 1913 William Jay Gaynor / Ardolph Loges Kline
Robert Adamson January 1, 1914 – December 31, 1917 John Purroy Mitchel
Thomas J. Drennan January 1, 1918 – April 30, 1926 John Francis Hylan
John J. Dorman May 5, 1926 – December 31, 1933 Jimmy Walker / Joseph V. McKee / John P. O'Brien
John J. McElligott January 1, 1934 – February 23, 1940 Fiorello H. La Guardia
Elmer Mustard February 23, 1940 – February 26, 1940 Fiorello H. La Guardia
John J. McElligott February 26, 1940 – May 8, 1941 Fiorello H. La Guardia
Patrick Walsh May 8, 1941 – December 31, 1945 Fiorello H. La Guardia
Frank J. Quayle, Jr. January 1, 1946 – December 1, 1950 William O'Dwyer
George P. Monaghan December 6, 1950 – July 18, 1951 Vincent R. Impellitteri
Jacob B. Grumet July 18, 1951 – December 31, 1953 Vincent R. Impellitteri
Edward F. Cavanagh Jr. January 1, 1954 – December 31, 1961 Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
Edward Thompson January 1, 1962 – August 6, 1964 Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
Martin Scott August 6, 1964 – December 31, 1965 Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
Robert O. Lowery January 1, 1966 – September 29, 1973 John Lindsay
John T. O'Hagan October 11, 1973 – January 17, 1978 Abraham Beame
Augustus A. Beekman January 17, 1978 – November 5, 1980 Ed Koch
Charles J. Hynes November 5, 1980 – October 22, 1982 Ed Koch
Joseph E. Spinnato October 22, 1982 – October 20, 1987 Ed Koch
Joseph F. Bruno October 20, 1987 – December 31, 1989 Ed Koch
Carlos M. Rivera January 1, 1990 – August 31, 1993 David Dinkins
William M. Feehan August 31, 1993 – December 31, 1993 David Dinkins
Howard Safir January 1, 1994 – April 15, 1996 Rudy Giuliani
Thomas Von Essen April 15, 1996 – December 31, 2001 Rudy Giuliani
Nicholas Scoppetta January 1, 2002 – December 31, 2009 Michael Bloomberg
Salvatore Cassano January 1, 2010 – present Michael Bloomberg

Famous quotes containing the words york, city and/or fire:

    “The egg is back. The egg is back.”
    —Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian president. New York Times, p. 10A (September 6, 1994)

    “New York has never learnt the art of growing old by playing on all its pasts. Its present invents itself, from hour to hour, in the act of throwing away its previous accomplishments and challenging the future. A city composed of paroxysmal places in monumental reliefs.”
    —Michel de Certeau (1925–1986)

    “We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.”
    —Tennessee Williams (1914–1983)