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FDNY Sued for Failing To Respond Strongly In Sex Assault of Rookie

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 2/13/17

A 27-year-old African-American rookie Firefighter has filed a Federal lawsuit alleging that he was the victim of a sexual assault by four naked Firefighters who held him against his will on his first day on the job at Ladder 35/Engine 40 near Lincoln Center.

That allegation is among dozens made in the 38-page Federal discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed last month in Manhattan, chronicling events that played out over 18 months and involved three different firehouses.

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