WPIX 11 – February 16, 2015 by Joe Mauceri MANHATTAN (PIX11)– While most of All-Star Weekend is naturally about the NBA All-Stars, Sunday was about New York’s All-Stars at the Barclays Center for the annual New York Heroes Game. The FDNY and NYPD played each other in hard-fought game on the hardwood for bragging rights, […]
Archive | Latest News
Shafted! New York City’s Worst Elevators
NY Post – February 16, 2015 by Andrea Hay and Gary Buiso It’s not just residents in public housing who are left high and dry by defective elevators. The FDNY responded to 30,290 calls last year for stalled elevators and people trapped inside lifts. The worst elevators in the city, outside of NYCHA, are in […]
Firefighters Rescue Two Teens Trapped on Ice in Queens
NY 1 – February 17, 2015 Firefighters rescued two teenagers trapped on the ice after going for a Valentine’s day stroll on Little Neck Bay. Fire officials say they received calls about the pair around 5 p.m. Saturday According to the FDNY, they were about 300 to 400 feet from the shore when they […]
Brooklyn Family Jumps from Third-Floor Window to Escape Fire
NY Daily News – February 17, 2015 by Dale Eisinger, Chelsia Rose Marcius, Stephen Rex Brown A roaring fire at a Brooklyn housing project Monday forced a family of three to jump for their lives from a third-story window, leaving the mother with two broken legs, witnesses said. The blaze at the Roosevelt Houses […]
Hoops Heroes: It’s Finest vs. Bravest at Barclays Center
NY Daily News – February 12, 2015 by Denis Hamill There will be no losers in this one. And no deflating arguments about politics, racial quotas, ticket fixing, protests or indictments either. This one is about the celebration of the courageous work the overwhelming majority of the members of the NYPD and FDNY do […]
Fire Injures 2 as it Tears Through Windsor Terrace Building, FDNY Says
DNAinfo – February 11, 2015 by Fractenberg and Trevor Kapp WINDSOR TERRACE — Two people were hospitalized after a fire tore through a Prospect Park West apartment building Tuesday morning, the Fire Department said. The blaze broke out on the third floor of 263 Prospect Park West, near Prospect Avenue, about 11:35 a.m., the FDNY […]
Exclusive: City Councilman Proposes Painting Curbs Red to Mark No-Parking Zones Around Fire Hydrants, Bus Stops
NY Daily News – February 10, 2015 by Erin Durkin, Caitlin Nolan Drivers would start seeing red under a new bill being introduced this week by a city councilman. The proposal would require the city to paint curbs red to mark no-parking zones around fire hydrants and bus stops. Sponsor Vincent Gentile (D-Brooklyn) said the […]
UFA Leader: Building Code Enforcement Vital and Boost ‘Disability’
Chief Leader – February 10, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY At a State Senate hearing marked more by disputes over the use of force by police officers, fire and Emergency Medical Service unions Feb. 4 also called for better protection for their members. Uniformed Firefighters Association President Stephen Cassidy, speaking at the day-long hearing in downtown […]
Funding in de Blasio Budget Aims to Cut Ambulance Response Times
Associated Press – February 09, 2015 by JONATHAN LEMIRE The New York City Fire Department will receive additional funding in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s upcoming budget to increase staffing in hopes of shaving precious seconds off ambulance response times to medical emergencies, city officials said. City officials told The Associated Press yesterday, a day before […]
Hospital Archives Burn in Brooklyn Warehouse Fire
The Wall Street Journal – February 02, 2015 by Melanie Grayce West and Mark Morales A stubborn weekend fire at a Brooklyn document warehouse that unleashed a blizzard of singed paperwork over Williamsburg could smolder for several more days, city officials said Sunday. The fire at the CitiStorage document-storage building pumped towering columns of […]
