Congratulations to @NYCEMCommish Deanne Criswell on her nomination as the next @fema Administrator. Her experience in both local and federal emergency management will serve the country well as she steps in to lead the agency in helping people before, during & after disasters.
President-elect @JoeBiden is nominating Deanne Criswell to serve as the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator & former CIA deputy director David Cohen to return to the agency in the same role he served during the Obama administration.
Biden picks NYC emergency management chief Deanne Criswell to head FEMA
deanne criswell'>Emergency Management Commissioner Deanne Criswell was tested like never before in 2020, as she helped the city respond to a global pandemic, two tropical storms, heat waves, snowstorms, fires and other calamities that befell the city.
Biden is nominating New York emergency department commissioner Deanne Criswell to serve as the FEMA administrator and has tapped former CIA deputy director David Cohen to return to the agency in the same role he served during the Obama admin.
#BREAKING: Biden nominates NYC Emergency Management commissioner Deanne Criswell to run FEMA
President-elect Joe Biden is nominating New York emergency department commissioner Deanne Criswell to serve as the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Criswell is the first woman nominated to head the agency.
President-elect Joe Biden is nominating New York emergency department commissioner Deanne Criswell to serve as the FEMA administrator and has tapped former CIA deputy director David Cohen to return to the agency.
President-elect Joe Biden is nominating New York emergency department commissioner Deanne Criswell to serve as the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.
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Biden selects NYC deanne criswell'>Emergency Commissioner Deanne Criswell to run FEMA
President-elect Joe Biden is nominating New York emergency department commissioner Deanne Criswell to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
NEW: President-elect Joe Biden is nominating New York emergency department commissioner Deanne Criswell to serve as @fema administrator and has tapped former CIA deputy director David Cohen to return to the agency in the same role he served during the Obama administration.
While tropical storm Isaias has been forecasted to lose its hurricane strength by the time it hits New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Office of Emergency deanne criswell'>Management Commissioner Deanne Criswell said the city is putting up barriers in Lower Manhattan.
Hotels will also be used to quarantine individuals, including the homeless, says Deanne Criswell, commissioner of the city’s Emergency Management Department. The city already has contracts in place for 1,500 hotel rooms as of Tuesday, she said.
"New York City also put in a request for more than 2 million masks and only received 76,000; all were expired, said Deanne Criswell, New York City’s emergency management commissioner."
Thrilled to have a trailblazer like Deanne Criswell join our team as the new @nycoem commissioner. With the experience, passion and skills she honed in our military and at the federal and local levels, Commissioner Criswell is already in the business of saving lives.
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