Queens Firefighters Told To Slow Down
For the next three months, rigs in Queens will obey regular traffic rules when heading to non-life threatening calls.
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For the next three months, rigs in Queens will obey regular traffic rules when heading to non-life threatening calls.
In Brooklyn, an apparent holiday celebration turned deadly when an eight-year old child was killed in a fire that injured his five brothers and sisters.
It's become an annual event, as New York City firefighters spent their Saturday with disabled veterans, helping them prepare for the Tunnel to Towers Run.
This weekend marks the ninth year of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Run. What started in 2002 with 2,500 runners has grown to close to 20,000 runners this year.
Robert Linhart has been accused of scrawling messages of adoration on the sidewalk outside Madonna's apartment building and possessing a 7 1/2-inch ice pick.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered a hiring freeze and another round of draconian budget cuts that could result in more layoffs and fewer city jobs.
One of the world's most despised leaders was quite possibly the safest man in New York City on Monday night. The city is going to great lengths to protect Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
New York City won't hire any rookie firefighters until a new entry exam is created to replace one that a judge has declared discriminatory.
A child was one of the victims badly burned in an early morning fire that also left seven other people injured in the Bronx.
Officials charged Jamal Thomas with multiple counts of arson after he allegedly set fires to locations on Boston Road and White Plains Road.
First set into hallowed ground in 2004 and crafted by masons from Hauppauge, it may return to the new World Trade Center site.
Firefighters spent most of their night knocking down a big restaurant fire in midtown Manhattan.
Members of New York's fire and police companies as well as workers of World Trade Center companies thanked sailors aboard the USS New York as part of the National Day of Service and Remembrance Thursday.
Some 250 firefighters from all five boroughs were out in Great Kills Park Wednesday afternoon for what grew to a 6 alarm fire.
A fire on a West Side pier sent smoke billowing over Manhattan on Saturday. The blaze broke out just after 3 p.m. on a sanitation pier on 57th Street.
A six-alarm fire ripped through a row of businesses in the Bronx Thursday morning.
Officials say five people, including three firefighters, were injured in a two-alarm apartment fire Monday night in Manhattan.
A fast-moving 3-alarm fire in the Bronx not only left 18 people homeless Monday morning, but it also destroyed several stores - which many residents say were badly needed.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg says New York City will appeal a ruling that has halted the hiring of rookie firefighters amid test-discrimination claims.
Lawyers in New York City are promising to fight the decision made by a judge to halt the hiring of new firefighters after stating that the FDNY entry exam discriminates against minority applicants.
A judge has halted the hiring of new firefighters amid the legal battle over alleged discrimination at the FDNY involving entry exams.
Developers of the so-called Ground Zero mosque are moving forward – and so are those who vehemently oppose its construction.
Before Vincent Albanese died, he made a passionate plea that his family is determined to carry out.
Before Vincent Albanese died, he made a passionate plea that his family is determined to carry out.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the city will contest a court order to list a retired fire captain alongside his former colleagues on the Sept. 11 memorial.
