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Garden City board to consider firefighter layoffs
Photo credit: Steven Pfost
Garden City Village’s board of trustees will consider Thursday night whether to lay off six paid firefighters and demote one fire lieutenant, despite previous arguments from firefighters that staff reductions and station closings could jeopardize the safety of the public and firefighters.
The village board will meet at 8 p.m. in Village Hall, 351 Stewart Ave.
In a 7-1 vote in late December...
