De Blasio: NYC could see more layoffs without financial assistance from Washington
If the federal government does not come to the rescue with financial assistance, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says that the city may be forced to lay off various city employees like police officers, firefighters, healthcare workers and more.
Paramedic beats COVID-19 (and guilt), gets back to his EMS station
Thousands of America's first responders are sick. Dozens are dead. But many have recovered. And they're going back to work. Paramedic Alex Tull is one of them.
These first responders beat COVID-19; now they're back at work
Thousands of America's first responders are sick. Dozens are dead. But many have recovered. And they're going back to work, some with a lingering cough and lost weight.
Anxious, wary first responders back on the job
The new coronavirus doesn't care about a blue uniform or a shiny badge. Police, firefighters, paramedics and corrections officers are just a 911 call away from contracting COVID-19 and spreading it.
FDNY firefighter loses 5-month-old daughter to coronavirus
Jay-Natalie La Santa died on April 20 due to complications from coronavirus.
FDNY EMT dies with coronavirus
Another member of the FDNY has died with the coronavirus.
NYC paramedic haunted by coronavirus toll: 'You hear the cries'
Bonilla arrives early for her 3 p.m. start time, but the crew using her ambulance was running late. A call at the end of their shift had kept them out longer than scheduled — a standard occurrence in recent weeks.
Tracking NYC's coronavirus fight, from 911 call to ER door
As New York City staggered through its deadliest week of the pandemic, its emergency response system and army of operators, dispatchers and ambulance crews is being pushed to the brink.
City Under Siege: 24 hours in the fight to save New York
Before the pandemic swept in, America's biggest, loudest city often lived up to its own hype. Then the coronavirus all but shut it down, claiming lives from the Bronx to the Battery and beyond. Now the hush, whether at midnight or midday, is broken mostly by the wail of ambulances.
Paramedic fears the toll of seeing so much sickness and death
Travis Kessel loves his career in emergency services but now he worries about the toll the new coronavirus is taking on him and his colleagues.
FDNY firefighters applaud healthcare workers across NYC
Firefighters applauded healthcare workers across New York City as part of a show of solidarity for emergency services workers battling the coronavirus pandemic. Credit: FDNY via Storyful
FDNY Deputy Chief Inspector dies of coronavirus
The FDNY has announced that Deputy Chief Inspector Syed Rahman, 59, died this week due to the coronavirus.
‘It’s hell’ - NYC EMTs claim to be overwhelmed due to coronavirus
The strain being placed on EMTs and paramedics is being called “unprecedented,” as the number of confirmed cases and hospitalizations due to the coronavirus in New York City continues to increase.
4 women dead in Bronx apartment fire
Four women were killed in a late night fire sparked inside a neighbor's apartment in the Concourse section of the Bronx, according to the FDNY.
4 women dead in Bronx apartment fire
The victims were neighbors at 1560 Grand Concourse.
Deadly fire inside Manhattan subway station under investigation
At least one person is dead after a fire inside the West 110th Street subway station in Manhattan.
Deadly fire at Manhattan subway station
At least one person was killed in a fire at the West 110th Street station in Manhattan.
Dozens of members of FDNY test positive for coronavirus
46 members of the FDNY have tested positive for the coronavirus as of Monday, according to the fire commissioner.
NYPD, FDNY disperse Orthodox Jewish groups amid COVID-19 outbreak
Videos posted on social media platforms purport to show weddings and prayer groups going on as usual in heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn.
Water main break causes major flooding in Canarsie
Emergency crews were on the scene of major flooding in Canarsie, Brooklyn Tuesday.