For the record, the FDNY promotion ceremony has always been a jovial event ... A man in a horse-head costume ran across the stage once. Members bring “fat head” posters of their comrades.

Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons — a 24-year veteran who joined the Bravest a few months before 9/11— was named Deputy Chief of fire operations at a packed promotion ceremony in Queens.

FDNY Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker addresses those gathered at the FDNY promotion ceremony in the Ocean Breeze Track and Field Facility on Sept. 13, 2024. (Steve White for the Staten Island ...

“Leadership is the cornerstone of the NYPD — good, strong, ethical leadership,” Tisch said during a promotion ceremony at NYPD Headquarters at 1 Police Plaza in lower Manhattan.

It had been shut down since October, but on Friday, moments after the water was turned back on, a heart-warming Marine promotion ceremony was held. "The waterfall decided to turn on at the exact ...