Anthony Saccavino, 59, the former head of the Bureau of Fire Prevention from 2021 to 2023, admitted taking money to give preferential treatment to those who paid to get to the front of a two to four-month backlog.

Tenants in a Bronx apartment damaged by fire have been waiting 19 months to return home — a chronic problem for renters made homeless by disaster.

State Sen. Michael Gianaris said Gothamist’s reporting on lengthy delays for tenants trying to return to buildings following fires inspired him to introduce the legislation.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY responded to a fire at a home in New Springville on Thursday afternoon. The fire was reported at 2:08 p.m. at a townhouse at 32 Orbit Lane near Rockland Avenue, according to a spokesperson for the Fire Department of New York City.

Video captured a New York City bus teetering on the edge of an overpass after a bus driver lost control and skidded into a wall, according to officials. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Fire Department of New York ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City Fire Department chief pleaded guilty Wednesday to a conspiracy charge, admitting that he and others agreed to accept $190,000 in bribes to speed up safety inspections for customers of a former city firefighter.

Anthony Saccavino and Brian Cordasco were charged with soliciting nearly $190,000 from city building owners and developers.

Mayor Kim Ecklund is setting an ambitious agenda for the coming year – including settling union contracts, redevelopment of the former Crawford Furniture site on Allen Street and helping forge partnerships to deal with the city’s homelessness crisis.

Kenny Holston/The New York Times Disaster areas ... a typical feature of Finnish fire prevention. One of the American military jets that landed in Guatemala City on Friday.Credit...

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 10 miles off the coast of York, Maine on Monday. The earthquake was recorded at 10:22 a.m. on Monday and was about 10 kilometers southeast of York Harbor, according to USGS. It shook at a depth of 13.2 km. There is no tsunami danger from this earthquake.

Protesters have attacked missions in the capital of the African country as anger grows about the advance of the M23 rebel group.

In the West Bank city of Ramallah ... confirmed its authenticity to The New York Times. The memo says the director of the office of policy planning in the department will develop guidelines ...