https://nypost.com/2024/04/27/us-news/defying-lefties-nyc-pol-gives-nypd-
fdny-flags-honoring-heroes/

A Queens councilwoman wants to supply all Big Apple firehouses and police
precincts with thin �red-line� and �blue-line� American flags in response
to leftists claiming they�re fascist symbols.

Republican Joann Ariola collected 53 of the tribute flags from generous
New Yorkers since beginning an online campaign two weeks ago.

The councilwoman already delivered blue-line flags to five Queens police
precincts and red-line flags to four Queens firehouses, she told The Post.

�Far left activists are trying to turn the public against our first
responders and sow chaos in this city,� said Ariola. �This campaign is a
show of support for our first responders, to let them know that no matter
what, the people of this city stand behind them.�

Ariola began her effort two weeks ago, in response to a Post report about
an FDNY deputy chief ordering an East Village ladder company to remove a
�red line� American flag honoring the squad�s six members killed on 9/11.

The request came after a neighborhood resident called the flag �fascist,�
and Councilwoman Carlina Rivera (D-Manhattan) questioned whether it was a
�politically charged symbol.�

The department was following a 2020 FDNY rule prohibiting �altered�
versions of the American flag on department property, which was
implemented under then-Commissioner Daniel Nigro during the height of the
Black Lives Matter protests.

News of the flag removal March 22 sparked immediate outrage on social
media, and hours later the FDNY reversed the decision.

Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh confirmed to The Post she �unequivocally
support[s]� firefighters displaying the tribute flags.

�The redline flag honors firefighters who lost their lives protecting our
city,� she said. �We appreciate Councilwoman Ariola�s efforts in offering
this flag to firehouses who will fly it proudly.�

The Police Department doesn�t have rules prohibiting blue-line flags on
NYPD property.

Commanding officers at the 100th, 102nd, 104th, 106th and 112th precincts
in Queens have accepted blue-line flags honoring cops killed or injured in
the line of duty, according to Ariola, who plans to expand the giveaway
citywide.

Rivera previously insisted to The Post she only reached to the FDNY about
Ladder Co. 11�s tribute flag because a constituent complained about it and
that she has a �strong� relationship with the firehouse.

However, Rivera has a history of being critical of cops, including voting
to defund the NYPD by $1 billion in 2020 and routinely ripping police
officers that same year during the Black Lives Matters protests.

Rivera did not return messages.

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