Stationing firefighters and medics 24 hours a day at Trump Tower costs New York City taxpayers $4.5 million a year — none of which has been reimbursed to the FDNY, agency officials said Thursday at the City Council.
A pair of firefighters constantly monitors the alarm panel of President Donald Trump’s namesake building and investigates alerts, said FDNY chief of department James E. Leonard. The medics are outside “just in case something happens with the family,” said Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Queens), who oversaw a council hearing Thursday morning to examine the FDNY’s proposed approximately $2 billion budget.