Firestorm over lady 'commish'

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Source: New York Post

If Mylan Denerstein becomes the FDNY's new commissioner, the first blazes she'll have to put out will likely involve sexism and racism -- over her own appointment.

The 42-year-old former federal prosecutor is on the short list to be named the city's next fire commissioner -- leading to the possibility she would be both the first woman and first African-American to hold the job.

Some department insiders worried that there may be old-boy elements who would have trouble accepting a woman in charge of the FDNY, where only 33 out of 11,300 firefighters are female.

Others said her race also could be an issue on a force where only 3 percent of its members are black and that is now fighting a class-action, racial-discrimination lawsuit.

Still others would resent that yet another nonfirefighter was in charge, after seven years of rule by Nicholas Scoppetta, who, like Denerstein, is a lawyer.

"There are people who will go nuts if she is the fire commissioner," the source said. "She's not a fireman."

One Queens firefighter told The Post: "Some guys will feel that, no matter how skilled and smart she is, they're looking to make a political statement because she's a woman and black.

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1. His is the ONLY problem with this appointment and I mean ONLY...

'Still others would resent that yet another nonfirefighter was in charge, after seven years of rule by Nicholas Scoppetta, who, like Denerstein, is a lawyer.'

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2. Another 'some say' piece from the reprehensible Post?

Quelle surprise!

As in any large organization, bigots can be found. The intrepid 'reporters' at the fishwrap NY Post managed to locate them & document their concern.

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3. Consider the source...

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