2 Seek Bench Trial In Fatal Deutsche Bank Fire
An asbestos-cleanup director and his employer want to forgo a jury for their upcoming manslaughter trial in a blaze that killed two New York firefighters.
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An asbestos-cleanup director and his employer want to forgo a jury for their upcoming manslaughter trial in a blaze that killed two New York firefighters.
Thirty one people are injured—four of the m critically—after a fire ripped through an apartment building in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn on Sunday morning.
A bus returning from a Connecticut casino Saturday scraped along a guard rail, tipped on its side and slammed into a pole along Interstate 95. that left 14 people dead and many others injured.
A fire in Harlem injured an entire family and left dozens of tenants homeless on Saturday morning.
Firefighters battled a two-alarm fire at the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan late Tuesday night. Fire officials said the blaze was reported at about 10:30 p.m. in the mezzanine level.
Interference and underground reception issues are among the things preventing many of the radios used by street cops from working in the subways.
No injuries have been reported after the bricks fell from 40 West 38th Street Monday afternoon.
There was an ugly war of words Tuesday between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the fire unions over the impact budget cuts had on fighting a deadly fire in Brooklyn.
The fire union is blaming staff cuts for a delayed response to a tragic Flatbush fire. But the FDNY said Monday a dispatch problem also helped delay getting water on the blaze for critical minutes.
Uniformed Firefighters Association President Steve Cassidy blames the outcome of Saturday's deadly blaze on staffing cuts enacted by Mayor Bloomberg and the city.
A five-alarm fire raged in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, leaving at least 18 firefighters and three residents with minor injuries.
Police and fire unions have joined forces to combat what they call Mayor Michael Bloomberg's "campaign of misinformation."
Gregory Seabrook and four other minority electricians previously claimed the Fire Department overlooked them for overtime and promotions.
The Fire Department said the fire early Monday was in a third-floor apartment of a six-story building on Valentine Avenue.
A troubled company that sold New York City's fire department thousands of flawed gloves says it is closing its Arkansas factory.
New Yorkers were surprisingly sympathetic to the Herculean task of New York's strongest, battling the elements and trying to keep ahead of the mountains of garbage in the snowiest January on record.
Along with clearing mountains of snow, sanitation workers are also getting ready to start collecting garbage again, and not a moment too soon.
The bus spun out of control and landed on its side after colliding with a car at Mother Gaston Blvd. and Bergen St. in Brownville.
Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano said it's amazing that Christopher Cooke had the presence to do what he did at such a young age.
A stubborn blaze at a one-story commercial building in Queens took more than 10 hours to bring under control and injured seven firefighters, one seriously.
Authorities said 45-year-old John McLean was stopped around 2 a.m. and refused to take a breathalyzer test.
Roy Chelsen helped evacuate fellow firefighters from the North Tower before it collapsed and spent weeks digging through the rubble.
As of now, there is no timetable for the tax, which would impose up to a $500 charge for accidents requiring an emergency response from the FDNY.
The melting snow and salted road eroded cables below sending smoke and flames shooting out of manholes Monday in East Harlem.
Four other people suffered minor injuries in the blaze at the two-story house in the borough's Mill Basin neighborhood.
