With more than a hundred firefighters from across the state watching, Syracuse's fire chief Wednesday rejected a state union's decision to censure him.
Firefighters from Buffalo, New York City, Syracuse and beyond lined up to watch Syracuse Fire Chief Paul Linnertz speak Wednesday morning during a news conference outside the South State Street fire station. They were part of the New York State Professional Fire Fighters Association -- the union that voted Tuesday to censure the chief. Linnertz dismissed the censure, receiving scoffs from some of the firefighters watching. The resolution came from the state association, Linnertz pointed out, not his local firefighters.
"It doesn't impact me," he said. "They're not from Syracuse."