Veteran FDNY paramedic dies after his shift on Randalls Island

A 23-year-veteran paramedic and former Marine died in the line of duty yesterday after finishing a shift at the FDNY Training ...

NYC, Long Island and Westchester County under state of emergency as nor'easter sticks around Monday

New Jersey has also declared a state of emergency, as the storm is causing high surf and coastal flooding along the Jersey Shore.
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Several rescued after boat collision off the coast of Long Island, New York

The NYPD and US Coast Guard cooperated in a rescue in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Long Island, New York, near Fire Island on September 24. One man who was thrown off one of the vessels by the ...

Staten Island house fire: FDNY controls blaze in about a half-hour in New Brighton

The fire was reported at 7:20 a.m. on the second floor of a three-story home at 153 Brighton Ave., near Trumbull Place and ...
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2 firefighters injured after careless smoking causes house fire in Roslyn Heights, officials say

ROSLYN, New York (WABC) -- Long Island officials say careless smoking caused a massive house fire that injured two ...

Here’s why massive walls are being built around this Staten Island battery energy storage system

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Three large concrete perimeter walls are being constructed to surround one of Staten Island’s burgeoning battery energy storage system sites, a step that developers say is part ...