More than two dozen New York City Police officers who allegedly failed background checks will stay on the job for now. A judge ruled Tuesday the NYPD cannot fire the officers for at least another two months,

The NYPD moved to fire the officers after department officials discovered they had been hired despite having been flagged for disqualifying offenses during the application process.

The M.T.A. is developing automatic closures for the subway system’s 39,000 air vents, according to a recent report by the authority. But those kinds of upgrades are expensive; the authority has requested an additional $6 billion for storm-water and coastal flood resilience improvements.

Describing the deadly fire as “not only a tragedy, but a travesty,” Edward Kelly, President of the International Association of Fire Fighters, directly blamed Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan for the cuts to vital services in the city some 15 miles southeast of Providence, Rhode Island.

Two vacant homes were destroyed and multiple firefighters were injured after a fire erupted overnight in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Byrne was beginning his 20 years of employment with the New York City Fire Department. Now, years later, he was again

After spending $1.5 million to replace an aging aerial fire truck four years ago, the city Fire Department is looking to replace another apparatus that Chief Del Parrotta

Engineers shut down the 60-year-old Fire Island Inlet Bridge on Long Island after a boat captain saw falling debris.