NY Daily News – June 10, 2015 by Lisa L. Colangelo Two little girls are set to take the mound at Citi Field on Wednesday night, and they are bringing their own cheering section. More than 150 active and retired members of the FDNY and their families will be on hand to see six-year-old Gabriela […]
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De Blasio Seeks City Hall Support for Disability Benefits Hike
NY Post – June 10, 2015 by Yoav Gonen and Michael Gartland In a sign of a rare rift between City Hall and the City Council, Mayor de Blasio and his staffers were scrambling late Tuesday to garner support for his proposal to hike disability benefits for uniformed workers. Several council members told The Post […]
Eltingville FDNY Hero Still Searching for Life-Saving Donor Match
SI Advance – June 10, 2015 by Mira Wassef STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Jimmy Martinez’s family has held more than 20 bone marrow drives — from New York to North Carolina to Puerto Rico — in hopes of helping the veteran firefighter overcome his battle with multiple myeloma. And while those drives have thankfully helped […]
Feds Blame Both City and Con Ed In East Harlem’s Deadly Gas Explosion
DNA Info – June 10, 2015 by Gustavo Solis EAST HARLEM — Federal investigators said both Con Edison and the city were to blame for the gas-leak explosion that killed eight people and destroyed two buildings in March 2014. A faulty weld in the gas pipe maintained by the utility company and erosion under the […]
NTSB Issues Final Report on East Harlem Explosion
NY 1 – June 10, 2015 by Michael Scotto Federal investigators have released their final report on last year’s deadly gas explosion in East Harlem. National Transportation Safety Board investigators place blame on failed infrastructure located near the two ow-leveled buildings—once located between East 116th and 117th Streets. The board looked at two contributing factors: […]
2 People Suffer Minor Injuries in City College Basement Fire, FDNY Says
DNAinfo – June 09, 2015 MANHATTAN — More than 100 firefighters battled flames and thick clouds of smoke from a basement fire that broke out in a City College building on Monday morning, officials said. One civilian and a firefighter were treated for minor injuries, officials said. The fire erupted in the basement offices of […]
City Grants Architect Permit to Remove Fire Escapes From SoHo Building
DNAinfo – June 09, 2015 by Danielle Tcholakian SOHO — An architect pushing to remove fire escapes from two SoHo buildings has received permission from the city to move forward with one of the projects, city records show. The Department of Buildings approved Joseph Pell Lombardi’s application to remove the fire escapes from 69 Greene […]
Firefighters Who Stay Cool When It’s Hottest Get Their Due on Medal Day
Chief Leader – June 09, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY Chelsea Barnett doesn’t even live in New York; she was in town for just one night on Aug. 18, 2014, to see a concert with her old college roommate. After the show, they fell asleep in a first-floor East Village apartment, in a front bedroom whose […]
Fire at Former Staten Island Hospital Site Under Control
SI Advance – June 09, 2015 by Shane DiMaio Update: Firefighters brought the blaze under control at 4:33 p.m., with no injuries reported. The cause has not yet been determined. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Firefighters are battling a blaze at the site of the former Staten Island Hospital in Tompkinsville. FDNY units were summoned to […]
NTSB Report to Examine Causes of East Harlem Gas Blast
Capitol NY – June 08, 2015 by Scott Waldman and David Giambusso ALBANY—The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday will release its long-awaited investigation into the 2014 East Harlem gas explosion that killed eight people and injured 50. According to documents already released, the final report will likely look at a series of issues related […]
