FDNY firefighters to protest Mayor Adams’ budget cuts

NEW YORK (WABC) — On Monday, city firefighters will be the latest group to protest Mayor Eric Adams’ across-the-board budget cuts.

Firefighters say their jobs became more dangerous with the elimination of the fifth man from 20 engine companies.

The FDNY says staffing level changes are routine. The five percent cuts hit every agency, including the NYPD, Sanitation, and the elimination of library Sundays.

The Uniformed Firefighters Association says house fires increase during the winter months as temperatures drop. “The cut of firefighters in the affected neighborhoods will put local residents at risk,” the UFA said in a press release.

The protest is being held at 2 p.m. at the FDNY-Uniformed Firefighters Association Headquarters on East 23rd Street in Manhattan.

Mayor Adams says the financial burden of housing asylum seekers makes the cuts necessary.

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