Fire commissioner is the latest high-profile woman leader to leave Adams’ City Hall

Mayor Eric Adams expresses frequent pride in the number of women he has elevated to senior roles in his administration. But several of those appointees have departed under murky circumstances in the past year, reflecting the continued difficulties those leaders face — especially in male-dominated departments.Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, the first woman to lead the FDNY in its 159-year history, announced plans Saturday to step down after about two years on the job. She said only that it was “time for me to pass the torch,” but Kavanagh had faced lawsuits from multiple former chiefs alleging they were demoted and discriminated against due to their age. She reportedly dealt with discontent in City Hall about her handling of an incident when rank-and-file firefighters booed state Attorney General Letitia James at a ceremony.Kavanagh’s plan to resign once a successor is named comes weeks after the May 31 exit of Sylvia Hinds-Radix, the corporation counsel. Hinds-Radix’s resignation as the city’s top lawyer stemmed from disagreements with the mayor’s office over whether city lawyers should represent top Adams aide Timothy Pearson in a sexual harassment suit against him, Politico reported this month.And last June, Keechant Sewell resigned after a year and a half as the city’s first female police commissioner, amid reports that she had clashed with City Hall over her desire to discipline a police official friendly with the mayor. Adams’ management structure allowed Phil... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'

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