Elon Musk slams NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s FDNY commissioner pick
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Elon Musk on Friday criticized New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for selecting a woman with no operational firefighting experience as chief of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY).
The billionaire provocateur, who served in President Donald Trump’s administration, wrote to X: “People will die because of this.” “Proven experience matters when lives are at stake.”
Mamdani, who will take office Jan. 1, this week appointed Lillian Bonsignore, a 31-year FDNY veteran who led EMS Operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, as FDNY commissioner.
He retired in 2022.
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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Lillian Bonsignore at a press conference Tuesday announcing their appointments as future FDNY commissioners. (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
“The first woman in FDNY history to achieve a 4-star rating joins us as FDNY Commissioner to bring her crisis leadership and operational expertise to this administration,” Mamdani wrote on Tuesday, X.
Bonsignore will be the second woman to hold the post and the first openly gay person to hold the post.
Elon Musk criticized Zohran Mamdani, who was elected New York City Mayor this week, for his choice of FDNY commissioner. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
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Mamdani was quick to respond to Musk on
Fox News Digital has reached out to the FDNY and Mamdani’s team for comment.
“I am honored, very honored and humbled to stand before you as the new fire commissioner,” Bonsignore said at a news conference Tuesday. he said. “This appointment represents a significant responsibility, which I accept with humility, dedication and a deep sense of commitment to the city and its people.”
Outgoing NYC Mayor Eric Adams also made his own FDNY commissioner appointment this week: FDNY First Deputy Commissioner Mark Guerra.
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“Under our administration, keeping New Yorkers safe and protected has always been our North Star, and having principled, qualified public servants to lead our critical public safety agencies is critical to achieving that goal; there is no one who meets these high standards like Commissioner Mark Guerra,” Adams said in a statement Tuesday. he said.
“Lillian’s light is a light that cannot be extinguished by anything else that happens,” Mamdani said, according to FOX 5. “The mayor continues as mayor until the end of this year and is free to make decisions as such.”
