Chief Leader – January 13, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY There are many reasons why some city workers who toiled at the World Trade Center site after Sept. 11 failed to file a form notifying their retirement system that they were there, but refusal to believe that they could get sick surely ranks near the top. […]
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Social Media Campaign #Oomphforkaty Raises Spirits Of Queens Woman Awaiting Double Lung Transplant while Shining a Light on the Need for Organ Donors
NY Daily News – January 12, 2015 by Lisa L. Colangelo A little bit of oomph can go a long way toward helping a Queens woman keep her spirits up while she waits for a double lung transplant. Friends of Katy Starck Monte started a social media campaign, #oomphforkaty, which has drawn support from people […]
Seven Injured in Brooklyn Fire
NY 1 – January 12, 2015 Seven people were injured in a two-alarm fire in Brooklyn Sunday—including an infant and four firefighters. FDNY officials say they were called to this Eastern Parkway building around 11:30 this morning. They say there was heavy fire on the second and third floors of the building. Despite initial […]
Boost for Cops’ Pensions Gets Support in City Council
NY Daily News – January 08, 2015 by Jennifer Fermino, Erin Durkin A bill to boost disability pensions for cops and firefighters has gained enough support to move forward, despite opposition from Mayor de Blasio. The “home rule” message asking Albany for the pension change has now been signed by 35 Council members, enough to […]
NYC Council Calls for Renewal Of Sept. 11 Health Bill
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – City Council introduced a resolution on Wednesday calling on Congress to reauthorize federal legislation to compensate first responders who grew ill working at ground zero. The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation act, which has paid out more than $1.1 billion to those impacted by the attack, had two components, one of which expires […]
City Council Members Push to Extend Zadroga Act for 9/11 First Responders
NY Daily News – January 07, 2015 by Erin Durkin City Council members are joining the fight to extend the Zadroga Act for ailing 9/11 first responders. A resolution pushing for extension of the act, which funds health treatment and compensation for cops, firefighters, workers and area residents sickened after exposure to Ground Zero toxins, […]
City Council Members Push to Extend Zadroga Act for 9/11 First Responders
NY Daily News – January 07, 2015 by Erin Durkin City Council members are joining the fight to extend the Zadroga Act for ailing 9/11 first responders. A resolution pushing for extension of the act, which funds health treatment and compensation for cops, firefighters, workers and area residents sickened after exposure to Ground Zero toxins, […]
Fire Leaves at Least 10 People Homeless in Bed-Stuy
DNAinfo – January 06, 2015 by Camille Bautista BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — At least 10 people were left homeless after a fire started in a Bed-Stuy building Monday morning. The fire at 34 Rochester Avenue, near Atlantic Avenue and Herkimer Street, broke out around 8 a.m, according to fire officials. It gutted the second and third […]
FDNY: Queens Church Fire Started Near the Organ
NY Daily News – January 06, 2015 by Eli Rosenberg The Sunday fire that tore through a prominent Catholic church in Queens — just hours before Mass — started near the parish’s organ, FDNY officials said. Wiring issues in the organ’s pipe tower caused the two-alarm blaze at Our Lady of Sorrows in Corona, the […]
Minorities Make Further Inroads In New Class of Firefighter Trainees
Chief Leader – January 06, 2015 by SARAH DORSEY The new class of probationary Firefighters entering the Fire Academy includes two sons of 9/11 victims, including one who, in 2013, successfully fought for legacy points that were denied him. The class is 44-percent black, Latino or Asian, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro and Mayor de Blasio […]
