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Ex-commish’s son suspended for pooping on lawn chair

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The FDNY gave him a second chance — and he pooped all over it.

Disgraced firefighte­r Joseph Cassano was suspended earlier this week after being arrested following a drunken night in Lake Como, N.J., where he allegedly went into a stranger's backyard and defecated on a lawn chair, court records reveal.

Cassano, 28, the son of former FDNY Fire Commission­er Sal Cassano, is facing criminal trespass and criminal mischief charges for turning a person's yard into an outhouse on Saturday.

The FDNY suspended Cassano after his arrest because he is a probationa­ry firefighte­r, officials said.

The scandal-scarred smoke-eater already had a checkered FDNY career. In 2013, he quit the FDNY's Emergency Medical Service after he was caught posting a string of hateful comments against minorities, women and Jews on his personal Twitter account during his first year on the job.

The EMT's vile tweets included: “I like Jews about as much as hitler #toofar? NOPE.”

He also wrote, “Getting sick of picking up all these Obama lovers and taking them to the hospital because their medicare pays for an ambulance and not a cab.”

Because he quit before he was fired, Cassano was allowed to rejoin the EMS in 2016, and take the firefighte­r exam. He graduated from the Fire Academy on April 18.

Cassano is accused of “recklessly or negligentl­y damaging property” by “having a bowel movement on (the victim's) lawn furniture, leaving feces behind” when he was intoxicate­d, according to court papers.

After that, he allegedly entered a stranger's “closed garage and (went) to sleep.”

After his arrest on Saturday, Cassano was given a summons and sent home. He is expected to answer the charges in Belmar Municipal Court.

Cassano's Fire Academy graduation also drew controvers­y.

Within days of graduating, he was moved from Engine 247 in Borough Park, Brooklyn, to Engine 162/Ladder 82 in Great Kills, Staten Island, because local elected officials didn't want him in the heavily Orthodox neighborho­od.

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