Mayor to appoint Daniel Nigro new FDNY commisioner

AP JONATHAN LEMIRE
NEW YORK -- A retired fire officer who helped rebuild the city's fire department after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be named the its new commissioner, according to two officials briefed on Mayor Bill de Blasio's decision.

Daniel Nigro will be appointed Friday during a ceremony at the Fire Department of New York Academy, said the officials, who weren't permitted to comment publicly before the mayor's announcement and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Nigro was named chief of department, the highest-ranking uniformed position in the FDNY, after the 2001 attacks. The previous chief of department, Peter Ganci, died in the World Trade Center collapse.

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