NEW YORK – Mayor Eric Adams is expected to name a longtime safety executive as the city’s new commissioner of the city’s Fire Department on Monday, three sources with knowledge of the position told News 4. Robert Tucker is said to be the mayor’s choice. Adams will name an FDNY Foundation executive and board member … Read more
A Latino baby died more than a week after he and his 1-year-old brother were seriously injured in an overnight fire at their home in Washington Heights, Upper Manhattan (NYC). The fire broke out for reasons not yet specified in an apartment at 206 Audubon Ave. around 10:54 p.m. on March 20, he recalled. Pix11. … Read more
Empire State Buildingone of the most famous skyscrapers in the world as a business, cinematographic and tourist icon, experienced an unusual episode of panic yesterday, when several people were trapped in one of its elevators. The elevator got stuck around 6:11 pm on Thursday, February 29 near the 48th floor with seven adults inside, according … Read more
A man died yesterday when flames destroyed a single-family home in the Bronx (NYC) that was illegally divided into 17 small apartments rented to low-income people.said city officials and residents of the building. The fire broke out around 2 p.m. Friday at the three-story home on Grand Ave. between W. 190th and W. 192nd Sts. … Read more
A man died yesterday when flames destroyed a single-family home in the Bronx (NYC) that was illegally divided into 17 small apartments rented to low-income people.said city officials and residents of the building. The fire broke out around 2 p.m. Friday at the three-story home on Grand Ave. between W. 190th and W. 192nd Sts. … Read more
NEW YORK — A 2-alarm fire broke out at a home in the Bronx on Friday, resulting in one death and one injured firefighter, according to the New York City Fire Department. Authorities received a call about flames around 2:08 p.m. at a home located at 2533 Grand Ave. The fire reportedly started on the … Read more
NEW YORK — Police arrested an FDNY lieutenant Saturday for allegedly strangling a paramedic while on the job, a senior law enforcement source said. Neal Francis, a 47-year-old Brooklyn man, was detained by police over the weekend on charges of strangulation, a New York City Police spokesperson confirmed. The department referred additional inquiries to the … Read more
A man died in an early morning fire that destroyed an apartment in the Bronx (NYC) and left a woman seriously injured and several people homeless.. According to FDNY officials, the fire broke out on the 2nd floor of the three-story building located on East 176th St. near Topping Ave. in Mount Hope around 6:10 … Read more
A 67-year-old man was killed and three other people were injured, including a baby, in a public housing (NYCHA) apartment fire in Brooklyn. The fire started in the bedroom of a 1st floor apartment at Gowanus Houses on the corner of Bond and Wyckoff streets in Boerum Hill Sunday, FDNY Deputy Chief Joseph Duggan said … Read more
NEW YORK — The Department of Buildings is investigating the second partial building collapse in the city in one month. The latest one happened at the corner of Grand and Mulberry streets in Little Italy. A hole in the wall where the facade collapsed was clearly visible. The collapse knocked over part of a construction … Read more