Queens pol wants city to be more transparent about ambulance delays
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A Queens councilmember introduced legislation that she says would help notify New Yorkers when ambulances are delayed or unavailable.
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Former FDNY chiefs arrested for bribery
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Two former FDNY chiefs were cuffed by federal authorities on Monday after prosecutors said they took bribes to expedite fire inspections on behalf of developers, including one behind a number of hotels in Queens.
Read MoreMan accused of killing FDNY medic found unfit for trial
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The Astoria man accused of fatally stabbing a veteran medic with the fire department last fall remains unfit to stand trial, a Queens judge ruled on Monday.
Read MoreDrones to patrol for sharks on Queens beaches
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The city is deploying drones o patrol the city’s beaches for sharks after a woman was sent to the hospital with an apparent shark bite on Monday.
Read MoreWoman allegedly bit by shark off Rockaway Beach
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A shark reportedly bit a woman off the shores of Queens’ Rockaway Beach on Monday night, leaving her in critical condition. The incident is believed to be the first shark attack off Queens’ waters in decades.
Read MoreFive-alarm Flushing fire tears through mall
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A five-alarm fire ravaged a Downtown Flushing building early Thursday morning, bringing out nearly 200 firefighters from 44 different units and halting traffic in the area.
Read MoreFar Rockaway firefighter dies days after fighting blaze
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Flags were raised to half-mast Thursday as the city honored a Queens firefighter who died of suspected heart failure while at his Far Rockaway station house Wednesday.
Two hurt in St. John's Episcopal Hospital fire
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St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, the only hospital on the Rockaway peninsula, caught fire on Friday. Two people were injured.
Read MoreJackson Heights fire displaces hundreds of tenants
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The fire forced 240 tenants from 90 units to flee the building.
Read MoreSix-alarm fire in Richmond Hill displaces 40 residents
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At least 40 Queens residents became homeless overnight after a six-alarm fire tore through a Richmond Hill block early Thursday.
Read MoreAstoria house fire sparks bomb investigation
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“We had some chemicals in certain amounts that gave us concern about what they were for and what they could make together, and some written material that we are going to have to go over and figure out what all this means."
Read MoreCollapsed wall kills worker at Jamaica construction site
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“Every single worker who walks onto a job site deserves to come home safely at the end of the day.”
Read MoreBody found in building after ‘suspicious’ Queens Village fire
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The fire is being investigated as “suspicious,” the NYPD said.
Read MoreFatal St. Albans fire was intentionally set, cops say
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The late-night blaze that engulfed a home in St. Albans on Nov. 21, killing three men inside, was ruled a triple homicide.
Read MoreBlocked sewage line floods hundreds of Queens homes with waste-tinged water
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An FDNY spokesperson called the sewer backup a “one-in-a-million thing.”
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