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FDNY Applicant’s Suit Over Residency Determination Tossed Due To Delay in Filing

An applicant to FDNY who was rejected over questions about his residency, has lost a lawsuit to force the city to hire him, because he waited too long to challenge the residency determination. Tyler Cruz-Rivas took the FDNY entrance exam in 2017. Applicants were required to have lived in New York City in 2014 and 2015.

Curt Varone has over 45 years of fire service experience and 35 as a practicing attorney licensed in both Rhode Island and Maine. His background includes 29 years as a career firefighter in Providence (retiring as a Deputy Assistant Chief), as well as volunteer and paid on call experience. He is the author of two books: Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services, (2006, 2nd ed. 2011, 3rd ed. 2014, 4th ed. 2022) and Fire Officer's Legal Handbook (2007), and is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine writing the Fire Law column.

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