FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker on Verdict in Captain Alison Russo Case

May 19, 2025

Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) Commissioner Robert S. Tucker issued the following statement:

"As a former prosecutor, I believe in the criminal justice system. My career started in the Queens District Attorney's Office, one of the greatest urban prosecutor's offices in the country. The people have now spoken, and the jury brought back a just verdict for this brutal crime. And while the verdict will not bring Captain Russo back to us, I pray her family and those who loved her get some sense of closure from this. Captain Russo was a hero and continues to be a source of inspiration and strength to her colleagues and to this Department."