The Brookhaven Fire District’s Board of Commissioners says those responsible for the display of a Confederate flag on a district-owned truck have resigned.
The board says it condemning the actions of those responsible, and that after they were immediately suspended, they resigned Wednesday.
Gov. Cuomo and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone denounce the behavior.
“I’m appalled by reports that a Confederate flag was flown on a Brookhaven Fire Department truck at a Patchogue parade,” the governor said in a statement
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