Newsday – November 17, 2014 by MARIA ALVAREZ. Special to Newsday Sen. Charles Schumer said Sunday the federal government should pick up the tab for the $20 million New York City has spent so far treating an Ebola patient and tracking others arriving from West African hot spots for the deadly virus. “This was a […]
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In World Trade Center Rescue, Training, Technology Put to Use
Newsday – November 13, 2014 by KEVIN DEUTSCH The high-wire rescue that saved two window washers at 1 World Trade Center Thursday required lots of training, a diamond-bladed saw and plenty of moxie, experts said. When cables holding one end of a rig suddenly gave way about 12:40 p.m., it left the workers dangling at […]
Two 1 World Trade Center Window Washers Rescued from Dangling Scaffold
NY Daily News – November 13, 2014 by Thomas Tracy, Edgar Sandoval, Larry Mcshane For 90 nerve-wracking minutes, two veteran window washers shared a Lower Manhattan view both breathtaking and terrifying. A scaffold malfunction trapped the pair Wednesday outside the 68th floor of 1 World Trade Center, with the dangling duo stuck amid the skyline […]
Cop Hurt by Hatchet Vividly Illustrates Flaw in Disability Law, PBA Claims
Chief Leader – November 11, 2014 by MARK TOOR Police Officer Kenneth Healey is another potential member of the David Paterson Disability Poverty Club. Officer Healey, 25, was hit in the head with an 18-inch hatchet by a Muslim radical Oct. 23 as he stood with three other cops on a sidewalk in Jamaica, Queens. […]
Mighty Quinn: November 12
NY Daily News – November 12, 2014 “Hello, Mighty, it’s the 32nd annual ‘Battle of the Badges’ on Saturday, Nov. 22 at Madison Square Garden. There are 12 exciting bouts scheduled between the FDNY Bravest Boxing team and the NYPD Fighting Finest. “As always, The FDNY team will donate their share of the proceeds to […]
Harlem Fire Damages Nearly a Dozen Apartments, Officials Say
DNAinfo – November 11, 2014 by Sybile Penhirin and Aidan Gardiner CENTRAL HARLEM — A fire broke out in a Harlem building Monday morning, damaging about 10 apartments as more than 100 firefighters battled the blaze, officials said. Flames erupted about 9 a.m. in the ground-floor laundry room of 26 W. 129th St., near Madison […]
Fire Roars Through NYC Building, Damaging Nearly 10 Apartments
NY Post – November 11, 2014 by Matt McNulty A two-alarm fire roared through a central Harlem apartment building Monday morning, causing damage to nearly 10 apartments, authorities said. The fire began just before 9 a.m. in the laundry room at 26 E. 129th St., where authorities said the flames traveled through a laundry shaft. […]
Threats of primaries already being issued against Independent Democratic Conference
By Ken Lovett NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, November 10, 2014, 6:15 AM Here is an expanded version of the fourth item of my “Albany Insider” column from Monday: State Sen. Jeffrey Klein and his breakaway Senate Democrats are already facing threats of primaries in two years if they agree to again work with the […]
FDNY, emergency workers respond to large brush fire in Elm Park Saturday night
STATEN ISLAND, NY. – Several firefighters and emergency workers responded to a large brush fire in Elm Park late Saturday night. The blaze ignited in the woods behind 150 Morningstar Road, an FDNY spokesman said. Besides brush, there was old furniture, tires and lots of debris burning along the railroad cut behind the location, according […]
Chris LaPak of Copiague Reunites with Lifeguards, First Responders Who Saved Him
Newsday – November 10, 2014 by MARIA ALVAREZ. Special to Newsday Doctors had given triathlete Chris LaPak of Copiague up for dead after he suffered a heart attack while competing in the Hudson River in August. But a little more than three months later, he is running and swimming again — and grateful to those […]
