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.

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.

NEW YORK — Electrical wiring caused a five-alarm fire at a Bronx apartment building earlier this month, according to New York City fire marshals ... According to the Department of Buildings ...

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.

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 ...

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

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.

Search efforts continue after an American Airlines plane from Wichita, with 64 people on board, collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.

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 ...

But 450 children are currently stranded at home without seats, department officials confirmed. Meanwhile, Adams’ preliminary budget for next school year did not renew the $55 million for new classrooms, raising fresh concerns that the number of students sitting at home could creep back up.

A former New York City Fire Department chief has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge, admitting that he and others agreed to accept $190,000 in bribes to speed safety inspections for customers of a