LONG ISAND, NY — The grief-stricken family of a FDNY firefighter who died of a heart attack after he was let go from the department after losing his job because of migrant crisis budget cuts got a $50,000 boost from a new “relief fund.”
Long Islander Derek Floyd’s widow, Christine Floyd, is the first recipient of the FDNY Firefighters Foundation relief fund — an effort launched by Nassau County and the Uniformed Firefighters Association labor union.