NY Daily News – May 28, 2015 by Erin Durkin, Jennifer Fermino An FDNY union officer slammed Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito as indifferent to uniformed workers because they don’t back legislation boosting cop and firefighter pension benefits. “Worn a uniform & put your life on line (vets, cops & firefighters)? […]
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South Beach Residents Believe Fireworks Sparked 3-Alarm Brush Fire
SI Advance – May 27, 2015 by Mira Wassef STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Fire marshals are still investigating what caused a raging three-alarm fire in the South Beach wetlands late Monday evening, according to an FDNY spokesman. The results should be back in a couple of days, he said. However, a few neighborhood residents contacted […]
Retired Firefighter Rescues Two Teen Kayakers in Long Island Sound
CBS 2 – May 27, 2015 GREENPORT, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A retired firefighter is being praised for saving two teens over the holiday weekend on Long Island. Retired firefighter Paul Hashagen was relaxing at his vacation home in Greenport when he was summoned to help rescue two teenagers in the Long Island Sound. “One of […]
Marine Corps Gen. John F. Kelly Honors Fallen Police Officers and Firefighters at Manhattan Memorial Day Ceremony
Newsday – May 26, 2015 by EMILY NGO A U.S. Marine Corps general hailed New York City’s fallen firefighters and police officers Monday as among those whose sacrifices should also be honored on Memorial Day. During a ceremony at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan, Gen. John F. Kelly paid tribute to […]
1 Dead, 3 Injured as Car Slams into Pole on Belt Parkway: NYPD
NY Daily News – May 25, 2015 by Tobias Salinger One person was killed and three others were hospitalized when a car crashed into a pole on the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn early Monday, according to the NYPD. The driver was dead on the scene of the 1:15 a.m. accident on the Erskine St. exit […]
Nigro: Won’t Stand For Media Shaming By ‘Stoolie’ Firemen
Chief Leader – May 26, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro issued a department-wide order last week slamming those who leak firefighter information to the press as “bring[ing] dishonor to our family,” just after reminding them that diverse members were “all…equal here.” The order, in which he promised to “investigate these improper releases […]
Brian Moore Honored at Memorial Day Ceremony in Massapequa
Newsday – May 24, 2015 by TED PHILLIPS First responders and military personnel paid tribute to slain NYPD Officer Brian Moore at a ceremony Saturday in Moore’s hometown of Massapequa. About 500 people, including Moore’s family, attended the Memorial Day weekend event at the Towers of Freedom 9/11 Military Monument at John J. Burns Park. […]
New Sanitation Contract with City May Be ‘Another Nail in the Coffin’ for NYPD Union’s Chances of Getting Better Deal for Cops
NY Daily News – May 20, 2015 by Jennifer Fermino The contract with sanitation workers announced Tuesday by City Hall could be bad news for the police union in its arbitration fight to get a sweeter deal for cops. The Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association, which represents 6,000 workers, agreed to a seven-year contract that includes modest […]
Pa. Members of Congress Must Come to the Rescue of Ground Zero Workers
NY Daily News – May 20, 2015 They did their duty and paid an awful price. Years after the fires at Ground Zero stopped smoldering, the rescue and recovery workers who breathed in the toxins there fell ill by the thousands. Then, belatedly, Congress did its duty. It wasn’t until 201 1 that the James […]
1,000 Race Up 1 WTC Stairs
CBS 2 – May 18, 2015 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A thousand people climbed the stairs of North America’s tallest skyscraper Sunday morning to raise money for badly injured members of the service. Competiting in the first-ever Tunnel to Towers stair climb at 1 World Trade Center, the participants raced up 1,970 stairs to the […]
