Saturday, March 29, 2014
NY fire chief 'horrified' at his own anti-Semitic remarks about town supervisor
A Westchester County fire chief has hand delivered a letter of apology to a Jewish town supervisor for anti-Semitic remarks he made.
Fairview Fire Chief Anthony LoGiudice visited Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner Friday, The Journal News reported Saturday.
The newspaper reported earlier this week a retired firefighter claimed LoGiudice often used an anti-Semitic slur when referring to Feiner. On Thursday, the board of the fire district confirmed LoGiudice used inappropriate language.
In his letter, LoGiudice said he was upset after reading in The Journal News the words he'd uttered and said using a slur to express anger is never appropriate.
"First, I apologize for offending you and others with my careless and hurtful words," LoGiudice wrote. "I said what I said without thought and without thinking of the pain that it would bring to this community. When I read my words in The Journal News, and realized that young people, friends, colleagues and neighbors of the Jewish faith were reading those words, I was horrified."
Feiner told the newspaper the apology was a good first step but hoped the fire chief would also visit a Manhattan holocaust museum.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/03/ny_fire_chief_horrified_at_his_own_anti-semitic_remarks_about_town_supervisor.html
Fairview Fire Chief Anthony LoGiudice visited Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner Friday, The Journal News reported Saturday.
The newspaper reported earlier this week a retired firefighter claimed LoGiudice often used an anti-Semitic slur when referring to Feiner. On Thursday, the board of the fire district confirmed LoGiudice used inappropriate language.
In his letter, LoGiudice said he was upset after reading in The Journal News the words he'd uttered and said using a slur to express anger is never appropriate.
"First, I apologize for offending you and others with my careless and hurtful words," LoGiudice wrote. "I said what I said without thought and without thinking of the pain that it would bring to this community. When I read my words in The Journal News, and realized that young people, friends, colleagues and neighbors of the Jewish faith were reading those words, I was horrified."
Feiner told the newspaper the apology was a good first step but hoped the fire chief would also visit a Manhattan holocaust museum.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/03/ny_fire_chief_horrified_at_his_own_anti-semitic_remarks_about_town_supervisor.html
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