Thousands of workers in the city’s uniformed services are not yet in compliance with a vaccine mandate for city workers that takes effect Monday. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Fire Department (NYC)”
New York City Vaccine Mandate Deadline Nears, and Worker Shortages Loom
By Gotham Rex on October 28, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio predicted that serious disruptions would be avoided, even as thousands of police officers, firefighters and other essential workers remain unvaccinated. Source: New York Times
New York City Mandates Coronavirus Vaccines for Its Workers
By Gotham Rex on October 20, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio says 46,000 unvaccinated city workers must get a coronavirus shot by November or lose their paychecks. Source: New York Times
How a Racist Scandal at the F.D.N.Y. Led to Suspensions
By Gotham Rex on October 1, 2021
The Fire Department has long faced allegations of discrimination. But after George Floyd’s murder, a thread of racist messages renewed concerns about the department’s racial climate. Source: New York Times
Where Are the Fans for Israel’s National Baseball Team? In New York.
By Gotham Rex on July 17, 2021
The Tokyo-bound Israeli national baseball team has more supporters in New York than in its home country. Source: New York Times
Why Some of N.Y.C.’s Essential Workers Skipped a Parade to Honor Them
By Gotham Rex on July 7, 2021
The Lower Manhattan celebration honored workers’ service during the pandemic, but several unions said they would not participate, citing low pay among other complaints. Source: New York Times
Building Inspectors Among 4 Arrested in Fatal Fire at Adult Care Home
By Gotham Rex on June 29, 2021
Two officials are accused of filing false reports, and a father and son face arson and manslaughter charges in a blaze that killed two men. Source: New York Times
‘Like an Earthquake’: Gas Explosion Rips Through a Bronx House
By Gotham Rex on February 18, 2021
Ten people suffered minor injuries in the blast, which knocked a door off its hinges and across the street and blew windows out of their frames. Source: New York Times
M.T.A. Bus Plunges 50 Feet, Dangles From Overpass After Crash
By Gotham Rex on January 15, 2021
Eight people, including the driver, were injured when the front of the bus spilled onto the Cross Bronx Expressway, officials said. Source: New York Times
3 Dead in Queens House Fire, Officials Say
By Gotham Rex on December 19, 2020
One firefighter fell through a floor while responding on Saturday morning to a fire in the Elmhurst section of Queens. Source: New York Times
Queens Seaplane Crash Kills One and Seriously Injures Two
By Gotham Rex on October 4, 2020
The plane, “traveling rather fast along the water, skipped twice and hit the pier,” the New York fire commissioner said. Source: New York Times
James Gordon Bennett Medal Is Renamed by F.D.N.Y.
By Gotham Rex on September 10, 2020
The James Gordon Bennett Medal will now be named for Chief Peter J. Ganci, who was killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Source: New York Times
He Was Playing With Fireworks. One Flew Into His Home, Video Shows.
By Gotham Rex on July 2, 2020
In footage released by the Fire Department, flames rise in the Brooklyn house, a striking example of the dangers posed by the proliferation of fireworks. Source: New York Times
New Woe for a Jittery N.Y.C.: Illegal Fireworks Going Off All Night
By Gotham Rex on June 19, 2020
The city received 1,737 fireworks complaints in the first half of June, 80 times as many as it got in the same period last year. Source: New York Times