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    Bloomberg said the department's performance has been "remarkable" under Scoppetta's leadership. "Nick Scoppetta has always been a person that you can turn to in a crisis ... When the city's child welfare system was in systemic failure, Mayor Rudy Giuliani turned to him to fix it. And when the FDNY needed someone to oversee its recovery after 9/11, I couldn't think of anyone more qualified for the job. As he embarks on plans to teach and write, I thank him and wish him well." Scoppetta graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1962 and was born on the Lower East Side. Full Article at The Connecticut Post
    Nick Scoppetta has always been a person that you can turn to in a crisis ... When the city's child welfare system was in systemic failure, Mayor Rudy Giuliani turned to him to fix it. And when the FDNY needed someone to oversee its recovery after 9/11, I couldn't think of anyone more qualified for the job. As he embarks on plans to teach and write, I thank him and wish him well.
    Michael Bloomberg – Michael Bloomberg SOURCE: The Connecticut Post 2 months ago
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  1. The Scoppetta years were not kind to the Fire Department of the City of New York
    SOURCE: The Connecticut Post 2 months ago
  2. The indisputable fact is that today's FDNY is, without question, better prepared, better trained and better equipped than ever before
    SOURCE: The Connecticut Post 2 months ago
  3. The biggest challenge was to begin rebuilding the ranks while simultaneously learning the lessons of Sept. 11 and preparing to respond to another attack
    SOURCE: The Connecticut Post 2 months ago

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