Dan Nigro

Longtime FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro officially retired Wednesday, ending a career with the department that spanned more than a half century.

FDNY Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro is hanging up his helmet, boots and title after 53 years of service to the civilians and firefighters of New York City. He walked out as he locked arms with his wife and extended family by his side. Nigro, 73, was appointed to the department...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -(77 WABC) -FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro announced on Friday he is retiring from the FDNY, effective on February 16th. Nigro was appointed Fire Commissioner in 2014. Mayor Eric Adams say’s,”From overseeing the heroic 9/11 rescue and recovery efforts to leading the FDNY’s unwavering response during the...

As more firefighters get vaccinated and fewer call in sick, all 350 of the city’s fire units are “fully operational,” FDNY Dan Nigro said, Mayor Bill de Blasio told radio host Brian Lehrer show on WNYC on Friday. Last Sunday in New York City, 26 firehouses were shuttered: including one...

For as long as the 18-year-old could remember, it had just been her voice accompanied by an acoustic guitar or piano — as was showcased often on her Instagram account and her “High School Musical” breakout single “All I Want.” Now that she had the opportunity to do something more, what would that be?

Nigro's collaborator Olivia Rodrigo retains the record on Hot 100 Songwriters. Dan Nigro spends an 18th week at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Producers chart, breaking the record for the most time spent on top, dating to the survey's June 2019 inception. Nigro rules the latest ranking (dated July...

Few songs create a cultural moment in the way that Olivia Rodrigo’s atmospheric teen heartbreak anthem “drivers license” did upon its release in January of this year. The then-seventeen-year-old singer became the youngest artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, a position she held for a full two months. A true global sensation, “drivers license” reached #1 in the UK, Japan, and more than 20 other countries. It set a new streaming record on Spotify, with over 17 million plays in a single day, and reached the 100 million streams mark faster than any song in history. There was even an entire Saturday Night Live sketch about it that reverentially called the song’s crescendo “the bridge of our lives.”

How does a songwriter find out he has a hit? For Long Island native Dan Nigro, co-writer and producer of Olivia Rodrigo’s ubiquitous debut single "Drivers License," he didn’t hear it playing in a supermarket or blasting from a passing car. He just checked his phone. "The way the music...

Plus, Taylor Swift returns to No. 1 on Hot 100 Songwriters. Dan Nigro rises 2-1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Producers chart (dated Feb. 27), leading for the first time thanks to his production credit on Olivia Rodrigo's six-week-and-counting Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 "Drivers License." The song, which he solely...