Mayor: FDNY Firefighters' Records Should be Posted Online

New York City's mayor wants the disciplinary records of firefighters and police officers to be shared online now that the state has repealed part of a law that has allowed city agencies to keep that information from the public.

“I want transparency across the board,” Mayor Bill de Blasio told the New York Daily News.

Earlier this month, state lawmakers repealed the 50-a clause of New York's 1976 civil rights law following protests over police brutality across the country in the wake of George Floyd's death. Since 2016, the NYPD had used the clause to explain why it wouldn't release details regarding the disciplinary history of its officers.

Immediately after the repeal of 50-a, de Blaso said police officers' records would be put online. An FDNY spokesman told the Daily News last week that a firefighter's records would be released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. 

Along with firefighters and police officers, de Blasio also said the records of correction officers would be posted online, the Daily News added.