Overview
Former Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta headed a Department with an annual budget of more than one billion dollars and with more than 16,000 Fire, EMS and civilian members. His extensive experience in government and management spans more than four decades. The department encompasses fire services and Emergency Medical services.
Mr. Scoppetta was the former Commissioner of the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) where he served from 1996 through 2001. His six-year tenure was three times the average tenure of Child Welfare Administrators in New York City. During his tenure from 1996 to 2001, ACS engaged in a comprehensive reform of the City’s child welfare system which won praise from national child welfare experts and the media.
Mr. Scoppetta is also a former Deputy Mayor and Commissioner of Investigation for the City of New York. He has served as Associate Counsel to the Knapp Commission, as Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, as Assistant District Attorney for New York County, and as the Deputy Independent Counsel in the investigation and prosecution of a former Special Assistant to the President of the United States.
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