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NY Times – July 12, 2015 by MARGALIT FOX Paul J. Lioy, an environmental scientist widely known for his analysis of the dust spawned by the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and for his studies of its health effects over time, died on Wednesday after collapsing at Newark Liberty International Airport. He […]

The Rockaway Times – April 17, 2015 by Katie McFadden Arts, Columns Director, filmmaker and Rockaway Beach resident, Thomas Brookins, is putting the final touches on his latest film that will give people a deeper view of New York surfing and firefighting history. For the majority, the last thing people think about when they think […]

RANDALL’S ISLAND —Several probationary firefighters at the FDNY Academy have contracted a serious drug-resistant bacterial infection and at least one has had to be hospitalized, according to officials. The students from the current class, which began in July, were pulled from the academy after the first case of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, was reported last week, according to […]

ASTORIA — Eight people, including two firefighters, were hurt in a fire that broke out early Tuesday in a two-story building, officials said. The blaze started at 1:02 a.m. on the second floor of 25-88 41st St., near 28th Avenue, an FDNY spokesman said. It was caused by an unattended candle, according the fire department’s […]

NY Post – August 12, 2014 by Matt McNulty and Kevin Sheehan Two window-washers were left trapped 21 stories up after their scaffolding got stuck outside a high-rise federal building in Lower Manhattan on Monday, authorities said. The two workers were washing windows at the 32-story Ted Weiss Federal Building at 290 Broadway just after […]

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