NY Daily News – June 24, 2015 by Joseph Stepansky A Queens church caught fire after lightning struck it Tuesday night, police said. The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Queens on Ash Ave. at 147th St. in Flushing was hit by the bolt from the heavens as the city was pounded by a thunderstorm around 8:30 […]
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Lack of FDNY Squad Company another Borough Inequity (Commentary)
SI Advance – June 17, 2015 by Tom Wrobleski STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – What is it about Staten Island and public safety services? It seems we either don’t have the basic, ordinary services that the other boroughs receive as a matter of course, or we’re constantly in danger of losing what we’ve got. If you […]
New York City Pensions Could Slide into ‘Big Ugly’
Capital NY – June 17, 2015 by Jimmy Vielkind ALBANY—Pension changes for disabled police officers and firefighters from New York City might get rolled into a still-forming omnibus “big ugly” bill alongside changes to state housing laws. Unions representing the public safety workers are pushing a bill—which has passed the Republican-controlled State Senate but is […]
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Chief Leader – June 16, 2015 One sign of the anger some key local legislators felt over Mayor de Blasio’s maneuver to ensure that it was his home-rule message amending disability-pension provisions for cops and firefighters hired after 2009 that moved through the City Council rather than the one favored by the unions came when […]
9/11 Survivor Managing A Fire Dept. In Transition
Chief Leader – June 16, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY Although Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro’s father, for whom he is named, was a Captain in the FDNY, he had no expectations that the younger Nigro would follow in his footsteps. “He encouraged me to keep that option open,” the Commissioner, now 66, recalled last week. But […]
Nigro: FDNY Trainers’ Moves Not Due to Leaks
Chief Leader – June 16, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY and RICHARD STEIER Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro last week defended his controversial reassignment of the Fire Academy’s top two training officials, and reflected on a development he said he finds troubling—the recent leaks to the news media about the performance of individual firefighters or candidates, either […]
Congressional Hearing On ‘Zadroga’ Scene Of Stirring Testimony
Chief Leader – June 16, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY and RICHARD STEIER Members of the House Subcommittee considering a bill to extend the Zadroga Act June 11 showed bipartisan support for making the legislation permanent, as two ill NYPD retirees gave stirring pleas to continue funding its lifesaving benefits. The Health Subcommittee of the House […]
De Blasio’s ‘Wrong’ Bill On Cop/Fire Disability May Stall Unions’ Bid
Chief Leader – June 16, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY and RICHARD STEIER A bill that would give cops and firefighters hired after 2009 the same disability rights as more-senior colleagues may be in danger of faltering in Albany as the legislative session closes this week despite the full-throated support of Governor Cuomo after pressure tactics […]
FDNY, NYPD Rescue Abandoned Dog, 2 Adorable Kittens in Separate Incidents Across City
NY Daily News – June 14, 2015 by Thomas Tracy First responders must have a soft spot for fur. An abandoned poodle, a kitten trapped in a construction fence and a cat stuck in an engine block were all rescued by kindhearted cops and firefighters Friday. Members of Engine Co. 268 in the Rockaways, Queens, […]
City Council Backs Bill De Blasio’s Pension Plan for Injured Cops and Firefighters
NY Daily News – June 11, 2015 by Glenn Blain , Erin Durkin In a last-minute move, the City Council threw its support behind Mayor de Blasio’s contentious plans for pensions for injured cops and firefighters with a vote on Wednesday. The divided Council sided with the mayor instead of a more generous plan favored […]
