Each of the FDNY’s line-of-duty deaths over the past 20 years involved a unique person and unique circumstances. But according to investigations by the FDNY and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, common contributing factors link many of the incidents.
Two fires 10 years apart at one high-rise in the Rockaways helped convince the FDNY to reconsider its time-honored tactics when dealing with wind-driven fires.
Serious problems with the emergency response on 9/11 contributed to the loss of rescuer lives. A decade later, FDNY counts itself much better prepared. But some questions remain.
A City Limits investigation looked at FDNY fatalities over 20 years, finding common factors and tracking the city’s efforts to address them.
The city wants us to get out and exercise more. But the rules say one place we can’t work out is in park playgrounds. Is there a way for kids and kinesthetics to share these spaces?
In a time of growing concern over government ethics, the Conflict of Interest Board wants more investigative authority—but not more publicity. Much of its work is confidential.
The city is pressing to release internal ratings on public school teachers. But cops, prison guards and firefighters don’t have to worry about similar exposure.
Mayor Bloomberg’s annual address promised modest new initiatives and claimed major successes over the past year and his whole tenure.
As a businesswoman prepares to take over the city’s schools, New York’s teacher rating system—itself borrowed from the business world—stirs controversy.
Nearly six months after the financially challenged St. Vincent’s closed its doors, other emergency rooms are seeing more patients, more ambulance runs and longer wait times.
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