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NY Daily News – July 20, 2015 by Andy Mai , Joseph Stepansky One teen was killed and three other people were injured Sunday night in a Queens crash, cops said. A 17-year-old boy was driving a Honda sedan north on 231st St. with two passengers when their car T-boned a Nissan SUV driven by […]

NY Daily News – July 20, 2015 by Thomas Tracy It’s no longer just New York’s problem. Every state in the nation now has someone suffering from cancer or other illnesses related to the 9/11 terror attacks, the Daily News has learned. Those receiving aid from the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund vary from just […]

Firehouse.com – July 17, 2015 by Janelle Foskett Baltimore, Md., July 16 — Firefighter Dominick Muschello of FDNY Ladder 157 was honored as the top winner in the Firehouse Magazine Heroism Award Program during this morning’s Firehouse Expo opening ceremony in Baltimore. Muschello was recognized for his bravery during a multiple dwelling fire on Nov. […]

LIherald.com – July 16, 2015 After the World Trade Center collapsed in a fireball on Sept. 11, 2001, a cloud of toxic dust enveloped Lower Manhattan. That dust contained a witches’ brew of cancer-causing agents, including jet fuel, cement dust, asbestos, silica, microscopic glass shards, heavy metals and pulverized construction materials, according to the National […]

NY Daily News – July 16, 2015 by Erin Durkin A top open government expert said Wednesday the firefighters union is right that the City Council is keeping too many secrets. The Uniformed Firefighters Association sued Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito this week, charging she and the Council illegally withheld information about a debate over hiking […]

NY Daily News – July 15, 2015 by Tom Tracy, Greg B. Smith A vacant four-story Brooklyn tenement suddenly collapsed in a pile of rubble Tuesday afternoon, injuring three passersby, police officials said. The upper floors of the building at 1438 Fulton St. near Brooklyn Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant crumbled and fell about 2:30 p.m., the […]

NY Daily News – July 15, 2015 by Erin Durkin The head of the firefighters union slapped City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito with a lawsuit Tuesday — charging her claims to promote open government are a “farce.” Steve Cassidy, president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, charged the Council broke the Freedom of Information Law in […]

NY 1 – July 15, 2015 The city’s firefighters union is suing City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito over a controversial vote regarding disability pensions. The Uniformed Firefighters Association wants newly-hired members to receive the same disability benefits as those hired before changes were made to the pension system in 2009. The de Blasio administration also […]

NY Daily News – July 14, 2015 by Anthony Izaguirre The FDNY celebrated its 150th anniversary Monday with the unveiling of a plaque in Midtown commemorating the “heroism of New York’s Bravest.” About 100 people — half of them uniformed smoke-eaters — were on hand for the ceremony at the Emigrant Savings Bank at 6 […]

NY Daily News – July 14, 2015 by Erin Durkin The firefighters’ union plans to sue City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito over the Council’s role in thwarting a more generous disability pension package for uniformed workers, the group said. Uniformed Firefighters Association president Steve Cassidy and newly hired firefighters will hit the Council with a […]