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Social Media Campaign #Oomphforkaty Raises Spirits Of Queens Woman Awaiting Double Lung Transplant while Shining a Light on the Need for Organ Donors

NY Daily News – January 12, 2015 by Lisa L. Colangelo A little bit of oomph can go a long way toward helping a Queens woman keep her spirits up while she waits for a double lung transplant. Friends of Katy Starck Monte started a social media campaign, #oomphforkaty, which has drawn support from people […]

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Seven Injured in Brooklyn Fire

NY 1 – January 12, 2015 Seven people were injured in a two-alarm fire in Brooklyn Sunday—including an infant and four firefighters.   FDNY officials say they were called to this Eastern Parkway building around 11:30 this morning. They say there was heavy fire on the second and third floors of the building. Despite initial […]

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Boost for Cops’ Pensions Gets Support in City Council

NY Daily News – January 08, 2015 by Jennifer Fermino, Erin Durkin A bill to boost disability pensions for cops and firefighters has gained enough support to move forward, despite opposition from Mayor de Blasio. The “home rule” message asking Albany for the pension change has now been signed by 35 Council members, enough to […]

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NYC Council Calls for Renewal Of Sept. 11 Health Bill

  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – City Council introduced a resolution on Wednesday calling on Congress to reauthorize federal legislation to compensate first responders who grew ill working at ground zero. The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation act, which has paid out more than $1.1 billion to those impacted by the attack, had two components, one of which expires […]

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Fire Leaves at Least 10 People Homeless in Bed-Stuy

DNAinfo – January 06, 2015 by Camille Bautista BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — At least 10 people were left homeless after a fire started in a Bed-Stuy building Monday morning. The fire at 34 Rochester Avenue, near Atlantic Avenue and Herkimer Street, broke out around 8 a.m, according to fire officials.   It gutted the second and third […]

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FDNY: Queens Church Fire Started Near the Organ

NY Daily News – January 06, 2015 by Eli Rosenberg The Sunday fire that tore through a prominent Catholic church in Queens — just hours before Mass — started near the parish’s organ, FDNY officials said. Wiring issues in the organ’s pipe tower caused the two-alarm blaze at Our Lady of Sorrows in Corona, the […]

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