Chief Leader – January 20, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY While first-responders celebrated the news two years ago that Sept. 11-related cancer care would be covered by the Federal government under the Zadroga Act, another less-recognized ailment appears to have been quietly stalking some survivors. Dr. Mary Ann McLaughlin, a researcher at Mt. Sinai’s Icahn School […]
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Brooklyn Man Killed Before Fire Set in Apartment: Cops
NY Daily News – January 16, 2015 by Joseph Stepansky A 61-year-old man found dead in an early morning inferno in a Brooklyn apartment building in October was murdered, a police source said Wednesday. Firefighters pulled Steven Dodson from the flames of the first-floor apartment where he lived on Herkimer St. near Malcolm X Boulevard […]
McDonald’s is under fire for an ad that critics say exploits national tragedies to sell burgers. The ad shows a series of McDonald’s signs that reference tragedies and natural disasters such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Boston Marathon bombings, and the explosion of the Columbia space shuttle. Some of the signs also […]
Fire at Penn Station Deemed Accidental by FDNY after It Injures 2 Firefighters, Causes Train Delays
NY Daily News – January 14, 2015 by Pete Donohue, Tina Moore Fire marshals have determined that a fire at Penn Station on Tuesday morning was accidental, caused by temporary wiring used for lighting a construction area, the FDNY said. The fire, initially deemed suspicious, tore through the construction site in the morning, scuttling some […]
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Final Emergency Stats Confirm – 2014 Was FDNY’s Busiest Emergency Call Volume for Firefighters Up 8.5% Over 2013 It is now official. 2014 was the Busiest Year For New York City Firefighters In The Now 150 Year History of the FDNY. Based upon final FDNY emergency statistics, City Firefighters responded to 8.5% more […]
LIRR Commuters Could Face Delays After Fire Near Penn Station
CBS 2 – January 13, 2015 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Commuters could face some delays following an early morning fire near Penn Station that officials say is suspicious. The fire broke out at 2:22 a.m. in an underground construction site at 34th Street and Eighth Avenue. It was under control at 5:22 a.m. “Upon […]
Urge Those Eligible For WTC Health Aid To Seek Coverage
Chief Leader – January 13, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY There are many reasons why some city workers who toiled at the World Trade Center site after Sept. 11 failed to file a form notifying their retirement system that they were there, but refusal to believe that they could get sick surely ranks near the top. […]
Social Media Campaign #Oomphforkaty Raises Spirits Of Queens Woman Awaiting Double Lung Transplant while Shining a Light on the Need for Organ Donors
NY Daily News – January 12, 2015 by Lisa L. Colangelo A little bit of oomph can go a long way toward helping a Queens woman keep her spirits up while she waits for a double lung transplant. Friends of Katy Starck Monte started a social media campaign, #oomphforkaty, which has drawn support from people […]
Seven Injured in Brooklyn Fire
NY 1 – January 12, 2015 Seven people were injured in a two-alarm fire in Brooklyn Sunday—including an infant and four firefighters. FDNY officials say they were called to this Eastern Parkway building around 11:30 this morning. They say there was heavy fire on the second and third floors of the building. Despite initial […]
Boost for Cops’ Pensions Gets Support in City Council
NY Daily News – January 08, 2015 by Jennifer Fermino, Erin Durkin A bill to boost disability pensions for cops and firefighters has gained enough support to move forward, despite opposition from Mayor de Blasio. The “home rule” message asking Albany for the pension change has now been signed by 35 Council members, enough to […]
