Push to prevent further lithium-ion battery fires
There are laws on the books to get poorly made batteries off the streets, but they don't take effect until September. CBS2's Political Reporter Marcia Kramer has the details.
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There are laws on the books to get poorly made batteries off the streets, but they don't take effect until September. CBS2's Political Reporter Marcia Kramer has the details.
The man was hanging on to his window as smoke engulfed his home. CBS2's Christina Fan has the dramatic video.
Just six months into the year, the number of people killed by these fires has already surpassed the total from all of last year. CBS2's Alice Gainer has the latest.
Firefighters performed a roof rope rescue to save the man from a top floor. CBS2's Christina Fan reports.
While the exact cause of the fire is under investigation, several burned out e-bikes and scooters could be seen piled up outside the shop. CBS2's Elijah Westbrook has the latest.
Four people are dead and two others are critically injured after a fire broke out at an e-bike shop in Lower Manhattan.
Firefighters performed a roof rope rescue to save a man from a top floor window.
Fire officials believe the flames started in the repair shop and spread to the apartments above. CBS2's Elijah Westbrook has the latest from the scene.
Four people are dead and two others are critically injured after a fire broke out at an e-bike shop in Lower Manhattan. CBS2's Elijah Westbrook reports from the scene.
More than 4,000 firefighters responded to a survey about workplace culture.
A survey administered by the FDNY to firefighters finds that Black and female members experience harassment and uncivil treatment at three times the rate of others in the department. CBS2's Dick Brennan reports. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/3Pi0Gkx
An in-depth study of racial disparity in the FDNY finds that Black and female firefighters experience "incivility and harassment" at three times the rate of other firefighters. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/3Pi0Gkx
Batista, an FDNY firefighter, jumped into the ocean to rescue his teenage daughter from a rip current on the Jersey Shore.
FDNY Firefighter and EMT Mark Batista drowned last week rescuing his teenage daughter from a rip current on the Jersey Shore.
Batista served as both an EMT and firefighter for the FDNY. Thursday, he was remembered for his many sacrifices.
Mayor Adams said the city reached a tentative agreement with a coalition representing several unions.
Mayor Eric Adams says the agreement covers more than 32,000 members of the NYPD, FDNY and Corrections and Sanitation departments.
The FDNY said it started around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday at a five-story building on East 242nd Street.
The victims' names and ages have not been released, but police say two women lost their lives in the blaze. CBS2's Natalie Duddridge reports from Wakefield. Read more here
The FDNY said the fire started around 5:30 a.m. at a five-story building on East 242nd Street near Barnes Avenue.
Officials say at least one person was injured when the fire broke out around 5:30 a.m. on East 242nd Street.
The city's Landmark Preservation Commission voted unanimously for the Bronx Opera House and two FDNY sites.
Two people suffered minor injuries when the flames ripped through a three-story building in Midwood.
Dozens of families have been in touch with the Red Cross after their apartments were damaged.
Mark Batista lost his life trying to save his own daughter in the water on the Jersey Shore.
