AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Emails reveal Biden officials ignored fire safety warnings at Brooklyn migrant encampment
Internal emails show Biden administration officials allowed a massive migrant encampment at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn to operate for more than a year despite explicit fire safety warnings from New York City firefighters, while telling superiors the site was "clean and well-run." FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Dean Koester warned a National Park Service official […] The post Emails reveal Biden officials ignored fire safety warnings at Brooklyn migrant encampment appeared first on American Almanac .
Internal emails show Biden administration officials allowed a massive migrant encampment at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn to operate for more than a year despite explicit fire safety warnings from New York City firefighters, while telling superiors the site was "clean and well-run." FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Dean Koester warned a National Park Service official in a July 15, 2024, email that the nearest working fire hydrant sat 2,500 to 3,000 feet from the shelter, roughly half a mile away. In the event of a fire, Koester estimated it would take about 30 minutes just to establish a water source. The encampment had no sprinklers. Sleeping arrangements inside its five large tents were "maze-like," a layout that would have made evacuation…Open