The Latest Breaking News from Laura Kavanagh

NEW YORK — The head of the city’s Black firefighters group bashed the FDNY for not making significant progress in creating a “less hostile” atmosphere at firehouses — despite changes required by a groundbreaking civil rights lawsuit.

NEW YORK — The FDNY could get some federal help in its ongoing fight against exploding e-bike batteries.

NEW YORK — Two firefighters and an FDNY lieutenant were seriously injured Friday when a massive blaze tore through a pair of homes in a Staten Island duplex, causing a section of the building to collapse, fire officials said.

NEW YORK — A faulty lithium-ion battery sparked a raging fire inside a Brooklyn home early Tuesday that critically injured a woman living inside, FDNY officials said.

Inadequate staffing, longer hours and surging 911 calls put residents at risk

The three-alarm fire broke out around 10.30am on Saturday at a building on 429 East and 52nd Street in Manhattan

NEW YORK — Firefighters rescued a desperate woman hanging from a window 20 stories above the street as dozens of people were trapped inside a Manhattan high-rise Saturday in a massive blaze that was sparked by an e-bike battery, the New York City Fire Department said.

Videos showed two people dramatically being rescued by firefighters who were scaling a building on ropes

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has appointed acting Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh to lead the department on a permanent basis

NEW YORK — The FDNY’s acting commissioner is to be appointed to the job permanently on Thursday, City Hall and Fire Department sources told the Daily News.

The EMS worker was one of the first responders to the World Trade Centre on 9/11