The City Council is pushing to add a fifth firefighter to dozens of more engines — in what lawmakers argue will lead to fast-moving blazes being extinguished much quicker, The Post has learned.
The legislative body wants the Mamdani administration to allocate an additional $91.7 million to add the extra staff at 86 engine companies in the busiest and deadliest of areas, renewing a years-long fight to restore funding for the “fifth man.”
The ask is the first as budget negotiations kick off this week, as lawmakers and Mayor Zohran Mamdani work to hammer out a budget by the end of June…