Window washers trapped outside NYC skyscraper rescued
Two window washers were rescued after their scaffold starting swinging uncontrollably into a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper. CBS News New York's John Dias reports.
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Two window washers were rescued after their scaffold starting swinging uncontrollably into a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper. CBS News New York's John Dias reports.
FDNY members rescued two window washers after their scaffolding started swinging out of control high over Midtown Manhattan.
Firefighters are battling a two-alarm fire on the roof of a building in the West Village of Manhattan.
Eighteen people have been treated due to a smoke condition along the 1 subway line in Washington Heights, officials said.
Service is back on, but it was halted for some time as commuters found alternate ways to their destinations. CBS News New York's Naveen Dhaliwal has the details.
The New York City Fire Department says they were called to 191st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue at around 12:50 p.m. for reports of smoke in the station.
Police said five people were pulled from the water Sunday, before three were pronounced dead and the others were taken to Staten Island University Hospital. CBS News New York's Naveen Dhaliwal reports.
The blaze broke out early Tuesday morning in the Dyker Heights section of the borough. CBS News New York's Mary Calvi has the story.
A deadly fire in Bayside, Queens is under investigation after three people were killed overnight Saturday, the FDNY says.
CBS News New York's Naveen Dhaliwal spoke with distraught neighbors in Bayside.
Neighbors told CBS News New York's Zinnia Maldonado the three victims in the Bayside blaze were related.
The deadly overnight house fire in Bayside, Queens is under investigation, the FDNY says. CBS News New York's Zinnia Maldonado reports.
The fire started in the basement of the building in the Unionport section, FDNY says.
On Friday, Michele Fitzsimmons became the FDNY's first female deputy chief.
Friday was a historic day for the FDNY as Michele Fitzsimmons was recognized as the department's first female deputy chief. CBS News New York's Erica Lunsford reports.
Michelle Fitzsimmons becomes the highest-ranking woman in fire operations.
The FDNY says a parked car blocked a fire hydrant and slowed its response to a deadly fire in the Bronx Wednesday.
There have been two deadly fires in New York City this week, and investigators say in both incidents, cars were blocking the closest fire hydrants. As CBS News New York's Naveen Dhaliwal reports, the FDNY is using this as a reminder for all drivers.
The FDNY says twice this week, the hydrant closest to a building on fire was blocked by cars. CBS News New York's investigative team looked through data and found the number of tickets for parking too close to fire hydrants is down. Investigator Mahsa Saeidi has the numbers.
CBS News New York's Jenna DeAngelis has more on the victims and the cause of the Tremont blaze.
The FDNY says two people were killed when a fire broke out Wednesday morning in the Tremont section of the Bronx.
One person was killed and another hospitalized in critical condition during a fire Wednesday morning in New York City. CBS News New York's Kristie Keleshian reports from the scene.
A young man who went into cardiac arrest in the Bronx died at the hospital after waiting nearly 20 minutes for paramedics. After his death, his father discovered multiple available units had been positioned just down the block. So why weren't they dispatched?
We know that every second counts during a medical emergency, but a man in cardiac arrest in the Bronx had to wait nearly 20 minutes before paramedics showed up. After his death, his father learned multiple available units were just down the block. So why weren't they dispatched? CBS News New York investigative reporter Mahsa Saeidi looks into the system that kept the first responders in the dark.
A young man in cardiac arrest had to wait nearly 20 minutes for paramedics. After his death, his father discovered multiple available units were positioned just down the block, so why weren't they dispatched? CBS News New York investigative reporter Mahsa Saeidi looks into the system that kept the first responders away and in the dark.
