By Bill Carey
FireRescue1
ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. — New York firefighters are demanding that Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh resign after accepting a plea deal in the death of a firefighter and nursing home resident in a 2021 fire.
Firefighters protested outside of the county courthouse when sentencing was announced for father-and-son Rabbis Nathaniel and Aaron Sommer, News12 reported.
Nathaniel and Aaron Sommer admitted to Judge Kevin Russo using a blowtorch and coals to koshering the kitchen of the Evergreen Court Assisted Living Facility in Spring Valley, which started the fatal fire.
Firefighters from four fire departments and the Rockland County Fire Chiefs Association have issued statements calling for Walsh to resign.
The Sloatsburg Fire Department statement banned Walsh and others from his office from attending fire department events.
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