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***MEDIA ADVISORY***
FDNY AND ASSEMBLYMAN LOU TOBACCO
SUPPORT NEW ARSON BILL
Chief Fire Marshal Louis Garcia and FDNY officials will join Assemblyman Lou Tobacco (R-SI) in Staten Island tomorrow at the quarters of Engine Company 167 in support of a bill that will amend state arson laws. The new arson bill - which proposes to broaden the definition of first-degree arson in the penal law - will call for tougher penalties for any offender who uses fire and/or explosives to damage a building or motor vehicle. The bill also classifies chemically or mechanically ignited devices, natural gas or flammable accelerants used in setting fires as “incendiary devices.”
WHO: |
Chief Fire Marshal Louis Garcia, FDNY officials, Assemblyman Lou
Tobacco and members of Engine Company 167
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WHAT: |
Press conference in support of new State Assembly Arson Bill |
WHERE: |
Quarters of Engine Company 167, 345 Annadale Road, Staten Island, NY |
WHEN: |
Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 11 a.m. |
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**Photo-Op
Press Contact: Francis X. Gribbon & Eileen Ramos, (FDNY) (718) 999-2056
http://www.nyc.gov/fdny
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