NYC’s pregnant EMTs have to show up for work or lose personal time off during...
Pregnant city workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic are still showing up for work — but in many cases it’s because they have no other option, the Daily News has learned. In the Fire...
View ArticleFDNY to enact ‘doomsday scenario’ for medically-trained firefighters to...
Firefighters trained as paramedics and EMTs will assist the FDNY’s overloaded medical services bureau as part of a “doomsday scenario” to deal with the surging coronavirus pandemic, the Daily News has...
View Article‘He was an amazing son’: Off-duty FDNY EMS lieutenant takes his own life,...
An off-duty city EMS lieutenant took his own life in his Rockland County home, the Daily News has learned. Lt. Matthew Keene, assigned to Station 17 on Ogden Ave. in the Bronx, died from a...
View ArticleFDNY firefighter suspended after posting doctored photo of George Floyd in...
A New York City firefighter was yanked from his Queens firehouse and suspended after he shared a sick photo of a naked black man sitting on George Floyd’s head with his fellow Bravest, FDNY officials...
View ArticleU.S. economy shrinks at annual rate of 32.9% in second quarter, worst drop on...
The U.S. economy’s pandemic plunge reached a staggering new low in the second quarter of 2020 — with the worst perhaps still ahead. The COVID-19 crisis dropped at a record-shattering 32.9% annual rate...
View ArticleGraphic video of FDNY rescue shows fire victims left unattended for crucial...
FDNY firefighters saved the lives of three people caught in a Brooklyn apartment blaze in a difficult rescue — but surveillance footage showing the victims lying inert in the building lobby has raised...
View ArticleFDNY highest medal of valor to be named after Chief Peter Ganci, replacing...
The New York City Fire Department, a municipal agency that for almost all of its 150-year history has been the city’s least diverse in race and gender, is retiring its top honor, the James Gordon...
View ArticleNYC home cooks re-create classic family holiday meals they’re missing due to...
There may be no place like home for the holidays, but when coronavirus precautions keep you from joining family for a traditional Christmas dinner, it’s time to figure out how to make your own. New...
View ArticleFDNY EMT survives six bullets shot into car while driving in Brooklyn with...
An off-duty EMT driving her two sons on an errand in Brooklyn survived a barrage of bullets on Tuesday that ripped through her car — narrowly missing her children and piercing the driver’s side...
View Article‘Resign or be fired’: Black probationary firefighter sues NYC for discrimination
A Brooklyn probationary firefighter training to join the FDNY was only days away from graduation when he says he got called before a chief to receive a brutal message: resign, or be fired. Jason Ruben...
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