NY Post – November 11, 2014 by Matt McNulty A two-alarm fire roared through a central Harlem apartment building Monday morning, causing damage to nearly 10 apartments, authorities said. The fire began just before 9 a.m. in the laundry room at 26 E. 129th St., where authorities said the flames traveled through a laundry shaft. […]
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Threats of primaries already being issued against Independent Democratic Conference
By Ken Lovett NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, November 10, 2014, 6:15 AM Here is an expanded version of the fourth item of my “Albany Insider” column from Monday: State Sen. Jeffrey Klein and his breakaway Senate Democrats are already facing threats of primaries in two years if they agree to again work with the […]
FDNY, emergency workers respond to large brush fire in Elm Park Saturday night
STATEN ISLAND, NY. – Several firefighters and emergency workers responded to a large brush fire in Elm Park late Saturday night. The blaze ignited in the woods behind 150 Morningstar Road, an FDNY spokesman said. Besides brush, there was old furniture, tires and lots of debris burning along the railroad cut behind the location, according […]
Chris LaPak of Copiague Reunites with Lifeguards, First Responders Who Saved Him
Newsday – November 10, 2014 by MARIA ALVAREZ. Special to Newsday Doctors had given triathlete Chris LaPak of Copiague up for dead after he suffered a heart attack while competing in the Hudson River in August. But a little more than three months later, he is running and swimming again — and grateful to those […]
Anthony O’Reilly, Associate Editor A Nassau county man was indicted last Friday on charges that he promised to sell people government-seized cars at a reduced price, while posing as a captain of the New York City Fire Department near John F. Kennedy International Airport, according to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown. Maurice Knight was indicted […]
Carbon Monoxide Levels on the Rise in NYC
NY Post – November 07, 2014 by Shawn Cohen A bed-bound, 100-year-old woman complaining of dizziness and nausea had to be carried to safety after a faulty heating appliance spewed carbon monoxide into her Queens home – one of two such incidents in the city since Monday that sent a half dozen people to the […]
Eatery Il Mulino Temporarily Closed after Electrical Fire
NY Post – November 06, 2014 by Matthew Abrahams This may be the most elegant fire ever. Customers at the posh Upper East Side restaurant Il Mulino jumped up from their saltimbocca and dry-aged porterhouse to run for the door when a blaze broke out during lunch service Wednesday. The fire started in the basement […]
FDNY Marine Unit Rescues Man From Hudson River
CBS 2 – November 05, 2014 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The FDNY Marine Unit rescued a man from the Hudson River Monday afternoon. Firefighters were called in after reports of two people in the water at 43rd Street, just south of the Circle Line tour boats, CBS2 reported. One person apparently had jumped in […]
Fundraiser for Firefighter Battling Lung Cancer
WPIX 11 – November 05, 2014 by Sukanya Krishnan STATEN ISLAND (PIX11)– One of New York’s bravest needs our help. Unfortunately, he is another casualty of 9/11. Firefighter Greg Checalley, a 16-year-old veteran of the FDNY, has been diagnosed with a rare form of Stag 4 lung cancer. Greg’s work at the World Trade Center […]
Daily News 5 Alarm Cookoff Reaches its Boiling Point
NY Daily News – November 04, 2014 by Jeanette Settembre Stop, drop and shop Five of New York’s Bravest — finalists in the Daily News’ citywide 5 Alarm Cookoff challenge — dashed through the aisles of Key Food in the East Village to get groceries for the showdown on Rachael Ray’s ABC show on Wednesday […]
