NY Daily News – February 12, 2016 by Shayna Jacobs, Stephen Rex Brown They wanted to save money on gas — and it wound up costing two lives. Five people were charged Thursday with rigging an elaborate gas delivery system in an East Village building, causing a massive explosion last March that killed two people […]
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Fire Kills Man, 74, in His Queens Home, Authorities Suspect Unattended Cigarette as Cause
NY Daily News – February 12, 2016 by John Annese, Keldy Ortiz A 74-year-old man is dead after a blaze at a Queens home late Thursday, authorities and witnesses said. The fire broke out on Riverside Drive in Whitestone, by Powells Cove Blvd, at about 11:50 p.m. Firefighters doused flames in the basement and on […]
Burned Firefighter Released from Hospital as Fellow Bravest Applaud
SI Advance – February 04, 2016 by Nicholas Woodman STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Firefighter Lawrence Wasser, 23, who suffered severe burns to his hands fighting a three-alarm blaze in Huguenot on Monday, has been released from the Staten Island University Hospital Burn Unit. Wasser, a New Springville resident and propartionary firefighter who graduated from the […]
Dad Hurt in Brooklyn Arson Dies after 2 Months in Coma
NY Daily News – February 04, 2016 by Ryan Sit A Brooklyn father injured in an arson attack has died after lingering in a coma for nearly two months, his family told the Daily News Wednesday. Jermain Simon, 38, was taken off life support and died Tuesday, grieving relatives said. He is the second victim […]
FDNY Rescues Injured Man from Car in the Water
SI Advance – February 03, 2016 by Maura Grunlund STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY has removed a man after a car that careened into the water in a swampy, wooded area off of Arthur Kill Road on Tuesday morning. The address supplied by authorities, 1297 Arthur Kill Road, is the same as for the […]
Cause of S.I. Fire That Injured FDNY Probie Ruled Accidental
NY 1 – February 03, 2016 by NY 1 News The FDNY says a three alarm house fire on Staten Island Monday night that left a probationary firefighter with severe burns was accidental due an an electrical problem. The fire broke out just before 9 p.m. inside the basement of a two-story home located at […]
These FDNY Firefighters Save Birds When Not Saving People
NY Daily News – February 03, 2016 by Lisa L. Colangelo They are the birdmen of the FDNY. Capt. Charlie Roberto and Firefighter Bobby Horvath spend countless hours of their off-duty lives educating people about wildlife and saving critters in distress. Roberto, 59, is a self-taught naturalist who can identify over 500 species of birds […]
Exclusive: NYC City Council Members Seeking 71% Raise — Bringing their Salaries Up To $192G
NY Daily News – November 12, 2015 by Jennifer Fermino Poverty-crying City Council members are quietly plotting for a massive pay raise that will bring their six-figure salaries up to a whopping $192,500 — a 71% windfall — as cops face a proposed 1% hike, and firefighters will only see a 2.5% bump this year, […]
Arbitrator’s Draft Contract Backs Police Union Into a Corner
Capital NY – November 04, 2015 by Gloria Pazmino and Laura Nahmias The head of the city’s rank-and-file police officer union seems to have lost a bid to get substantial raises for the city’s 24,000 officers. In a draft contract distributed Monday, an independent arbitrator proposed that Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association president Patrick Lynch’s officers follow […]
Anything Less Than a Permanent Zadroga Extension is Shameful
SI Advance – November 04, 2015 by Editorial We’re sure we’re not the only ones who are appalled at the reluctance of more than a few members of Congress to pass a permanent extension of the James L. Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. The measure provides funding to insure that those emergency service personnel […]