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Salvatore Cassano Named FDNY Commissioner

wins.com | Posted 12.21.2009 | New York


New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has tapped a Fire Department veteran as its next commissioner. Salvatore Cassano, the Fire Department's highest-...

The Scouting NY Guide to the Big Apple!

Nick Carr | Posted 12.17.2009 | New York


Nick Carr

Every week, I receive emails asking what I'd recommend covering on a visit to NYC -- not the obscure, quirky stuff that I write about, but rather, my favorite major attractions and sights.

FDNY Responding Faster Than Ever Before

1010wins.com | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


NEW YORK (AP/ 1010 WINS) -- The FDNY is responding to fires faster than ever, and there have been fewer deaths this year than ever before....

A 9/11 Remembrance: One Extraordinary Life Out of Many

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


Brian Levin, J.D.

One way to begin to understand the magnitude of a numbing mass tragedy like 9/11, is not in numbers, but rather, in stories. Today's focus here is one story of many that demand to be told.

World Trade Center Steel Beam Returns To Ground Zero

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — It became a makeshift memorial to the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. Now a massive steel column has been returned to ground zero as...

Bloomberg Boycotts Deutsche Bank Fire Memorial Service: Village Voice

Village Voice | Wayne Barrett | Posted 09.19.2009 | New York


Mike Bloomberg boycotted the second memorial service yesterday for the two firefighters, Joseph Graffagnino and Robert Beddia, who died at the Deutsch...

FDNY Disciplines 7 In Deadly Deutsche Bank Fire

CBS | Posted 07.25.2009 | New York


New York City's Fire Department has disciplined seven commanders over mistakes that led up to a deadly fire at a ground zero office tower in 2007. Th...

Brian Williams To Receive FDNY Humanitarian Award

New York Daily News | Richard Huff | Posted 05.22.2009 | Media


Firefighting, no doubt, is in the blood of the NBC "Nightly News" anchor. And it'll be part of a big Thursday ahead for Williams, who on the same nigh...

Didn't He See it?

Barbara Gordon | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics


Barbara Gordon

In Bush's farewell address, there was no mention of the heroic efforts of the Hudson River plane crash, and yet speech after speech, he has extolled the exceptional resilience of the American spirit.

Sam Stein

Ailing 9/11 Workers Confront Giuliani In New Hampshire

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Finishing a disappointing sixth in the Iowa caucus and staring down a similarly poor result in New Hampshire, Rudy Giuliani has yet another problem on...