Head Emergency Honcho in NY Fired for Using Crews for Personal Use During Sandy Aftermath

By Kennetth Lovett, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Credit: New York Daily News

Steve Kuhr and Governor Andrew Cuomo.

November 8, 2012 Updated Nov 8, 2012 at 11:45 AM PDT

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo this week axed a top emergency management official who used government workers to clear a tree from his property after Superstorm Sandy.

Steven Kuhr, Cuomo's $153,000-a-year director of the State Office of Emergency Management, lives in Suffolk County but was working in Albany in the wake of the storm.

While he was away, Kurh called a Suffolk County emergency management official to have the tree removed from his driveway even as crews were needed for emergencies, a Cuomo administration source said.

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