New York Firefighters

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New York Pol Admits To Falsifying FIre Department Leave Request

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.14.2011

The newly-elected county executive of Albany County, N.Y., admitted he took time off from his job as a local firefighter to campaign, not for National...

The Catharsis of Song

Susanne Mentzer | Posted 11.08.2011

Susanne Mentzer

About ten days after 9/11/01, I was asked to sing on the opening subscription concerts at the New York Philharmonic. After the performance I wandered out alone through the Lincoln Center plaza and wondered why I was there at that moment.

Chicago Bikers Launch 9/11 Memorial Ride To Ground Zero

Posted 11.07.2011

Chicago firefighter Tom Maloney rushed to Ground Zero to aid the New York Fire Department's efforts on September 11, 2001. A year later, Maloney, who ...

'Rescue Me' Donates 9/11 Items To Smithsonian

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 09.14.2011

WASHINGTON — Denis Leary donated props, costumes and other objects from his TV series "Rescue Me" to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Americ...

Patrick Murray, City Firefighter, Convicted Of Running Huge Pot Farm

nydailynews.com | By John Marzulli | Posted 05.25.2011

A jury convicted a city firefighter Wednesday of running a massive marijuana farm in the basement of a house in Queens owned by a fellow Bravest. "I'...

NY Assignment Desk: Paulson at the 92Y, Mardi Gras, Fire Fighter Date Auction

Huffington Post | Rebecca Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011

Huffington Post continues its local coverage with the help of the Eyes&Ears Citizen Journalism Unit. To join the local reporting team and received adv...

James Ryan, 9/11 Firefighter, Denied Line-Of-Duty Funeral By FDNY

nydailynews.com | By Michael J. Feeney and Katie Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Fellow firefighters said Long Island firefighter and 9/11 hero James Ryan deserved a line of duty funeral with all the bells, whistles and family bene...

Union: City Forced Firefighters To Bathe Elephant, Close Firehouse

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK -- A firefighters union says a New York City engine company had to close its firehouse for 30 minutes to bathe a circus elephant on city orde...

Bloomberg Testifies In Firefighters' Discrimination Lawsuit

New York Times | KAREEM FAHIM | Posted 05.25.2011

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg testified in a discrimination lawsuit on Wednesday that he did not recall receiving a report more than six years ago warnin...

Five-Alarm Hotties: Vote On Your Favorite NY Firefighter (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 05.25.2011

The annual New York Firefighter "Hunks" Calendar is out featuring some of the city's finest. Below is a slideshow of a few of the men wearing some of...