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Budget priorities for FDNY fleet expansion and maintenance
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Council Member Marmorato inquires about the biggest budget deficits in the FDNY fleet. Commissioner Tucker discusses priorities and ongoing efforts to address fleet needs.
- The city has focused intensively on engine and ladder company apparatus
- There's a need for more response cars, first-line supervisor cars, and chiefs' cars
- The department is in communication with the deputy mayor's office and budget director to address these needs
- Newer vehicles can help reduce maintenance costs in the long run
Kristy Marmorato
0:45:44
Where is the biggest budget deficit?
Robert Tucker
0:45:49
Are you around fleet?
0:45:51
I think the city has focused very intensively on engine and ladder company apparatus.
0:45:59
I think response cars, first line supervisor cars, chiefs cars for example.
0:46:06
But we're really pushing hard.
0:46:09
We've got good comms going with the deputy mayor's office for public safety on this and with the budget director.
0:46:16
And I believe there'll be some progress on that.
Kristy Marmorato
0:46:18
I think my brother used to drive the chief officer around.
0:46:22
And if they drove anything like him, their life expectancy is not very long at all.
Robert Tucker
0:46:27
As I said, there's a lot of wear and tear on our vehicles.
0:46:31
Some of the response vehicles that our Chiefs are in are at the end of life.
0:46:39
And really from a we want those cars to be new and in tip top shape because again talking about correlating, our vehicle maintenance costs go down if the cars are newer.
0:46:55
It's when the cars have 150,000 miles on them and you need to replace a transmission that becomes less cost effective.