Two former FDNY chiefs were cuffed by federal authorities on Monday after prosecutors said they took bribes to expedite fire inspections on behalf of developers, including one behind a number of hotels in Queens.
Read MoreThe Astoria man accused of fatally stabbing a veteran medic with the fire department last fall remains unfit to stand trial, a Queens judge ruled on Monday.
Read MoreThe city is deploying drones o patrol the city’s beaches for sharks after a woman was sent to the hospital with an apparent shark bite on Monday.
Read MoreA shark reportedly bit a woman off the shores of Queens’ Rockaway Beach on Monday night, leaving her in critical condition. The incident is believed to be the first shark attack off Queens’ waters in decades.
Read MoreA five-alarm fire ravaged a Downtown Flushing building early Thursday morning, bringing out nearly 200 firefighters from 44 different units and halting traffic in the area.
Read MoreFlags were raised to half-mast Thursday as the city honored a Queens firefighter who died of suspected heart failure while at his Far Rockaway station house Wednesday.
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, the only hospital on the Rockaway peninsula, caught fire on Friday. Two people were injured.
Read MoreThe fire forced 240 tenants from 90 units to flee the building.
Read MoreAt least 40 Queens residents became homeless overnight after a six-alarm fire tore through a Richmond Hill block early Thursday.
Read More“We had some chemicals in certain amounts that gave us concern about what they were for and what they could make together, and some written material that we are going to have to go over and figure out what all this means."
Read More“Every single worker who walks onto a job site deserves to come home safely at the end of the day.”
Read MoreThe fire is being investigated as “suspicious,” the NYPD said.
Read MoreThe late-night blaze that engulfed a home in St. Albans on Nov. 21, killing three men inside, was ruled a triple homicide.
Read MoreAn FDNY spokesperson called the sewer backup a “one-in-a-million thing.”
Read MoreMore than 60 FDNY firefighters were on the scene.
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