NY Daily News – May 04, 2015 by Dan Friedman WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner’s recent visit to Ground Zero has riled 9/11 first responders who want the Ohio Republican’s help hanging on to expiring health benefits. In New York for a fundraising event, Boehner visited the National September 11 Memorial & Museum Ground […]
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FDNY Opens Red Doors to Mark 150th Anniversary
SI Advance – May 03, 2015 by Anna Sanders STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York’s Bravest opened their red doors to Staten Islanders on Saturday to mark the FDNY’s 150th anniversary. “They’re always open, all the time,” FDNY Staten Island Borough Chief Richard Howe said at Engine 153/Ladder 77 in Stapleton. “But we wanted to […]
Police and Fire Unions Plan March on City Hall
Capital New York – April 29, 2015 by Sally Goldenberg In the latest step in their fight for higher disability pension benefits, rank-and-file police officers and firefighters are joining forces to pressure both sides of City Hall. The Uniformed Firefighters Association, which has taken the lead on the issue in recent months, will be joined […]
Police-Fire Coalition May 6 “March For Equality” Demands Equal Disability Pension Benefits For Officers And Firefighters
UFANYC.org – April 29, 2015 Hundreds of New York City police officers and firefighters will join forces May 6 in a rally at Battery Park, a march up Broadway’s “Canyon of Heroes” and a press conference on the City Hall steps to pressure city and state legislators to do the right thing by police officers […]
Retired firefighter Ray Pfeifer, who toiled for eight months at Ground Zero after 9/11 and is battling stage-four cancer, says FDNY is still best job in world
BY BARRY PADDOCK NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, April 26, 2015, 12:01 AM As FDNY first responders come down with 9/11-related illnesses at an ever-quickening rate, one survivor battling stage-four cancer still calls it the best job in the world. And he’s thrilled his son is following in his footsteps. “It was exciting from day […]
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For Release April 28, 2015 Police-Fire Coalition May 6 “March For Equality” Demands Equal Disability Pension Benefits For Officers And Firefighters Hundreds of New York City police officers and firefighters will join forces May 6 in a rally at Battery Park, a march up Broadway’s “Canyon of Heroes” and a press conference on the City […]
Cellphone Fire Prompts School Evacuation
NY Post – April 28, 2015 by Antonio Antenucci and Natasha Velez Students of a Queens high school were evacuated and the NYPD bomb squad called in after a cellphone started a fire in a locker, authorities said.Approximately 30 firefighters, along with the NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit and bomb squad, responded to Bayside High School […]
9/11 Illnesses Common Among EMS Workers
Chief Leader – April 28, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY Emergency Medical Service workers who responded to the Sept. 11 attacks and their aftermath have higher rates of post-traumatic stress disorder and other illnesses than their unexposed co-workers, FDNY and other medical researchers announced. The study, released days after Federal lawmakers launched their push to renew […]
N.Y.’s Bravehearts: Happy 150th Birthday, FDNY
NY Daily News – April 26, 2015 There is no count of all the lives saved by the New York City Fire Department through its 150 years of bravery. There is a count of the lives that were lost by FDNY members as they fought to save others since the department was founded in 1865. […]
Multiple Homes without Power after Food Truck Hits Utility Pole on Staten Island
WPIX 11 – April 27, 2015 by Christopher Brito MARINERS HARBOR, N.Y. (PIX11)– A food truck crashed into a pole on Staten Island early Monday, injuring one person and taking the power out of multiple homes, according to FDNY. A call came in about 2:38 a.m. Monday of a crash on 490 Morningstar Road in […]
