FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh announced on Saturday that she is planning to resign from her post. In a statement, Kavanagh said it is time for her to “pass the torch to the next leader of the ...

Musk’s attack on the new FDNY commissioner proves he knows nothing about how modern fire departments work. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Lillian Bonsignore, commissioner of the Fire ...

Elon Musk on Friday slammed incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for selecting a woman without operational firefighting experience as the head of the Fire Department of the City of New York ...

The New York City Fire Commissioner leads the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), the nation’s largest municipal fire service, responsible for fire suppression, emergency medical services, rescue ...

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named former EMS chief Lillian Bonsignore as the FDNY’s next commissioner on Tuesday. Bonsignore, a 31-year member of the FDNY who retired in 2022, will be just the second ...

The FDNY plans to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with special ceremonies honoring first responders killed that day and those who have since died from 9/11-related illnesses. “It is ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The New York City Fire Department has announced a year-long commemoration of the 25th anniversary of 9/11 to honor the fallen and fulfill its promise to “never forget.” Members ...

NEW YORK − New York City's fire commissioner said Nov. 26 that he is leaving the department in part over Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel. The day after Mamdani won the Nov. 4 mayoral ...

Noëlle D. Lilley covers Harlem for CBS News New York. Prior to CBS News New York, Noëlle was a general assignment reporter with News 12 Bronx & Brooklyn. Noëlle has called Harlem her home since 2019.

An FDNY firefighter died after having a medical episode and going into cardiac arrest while working on the roof of a building ablaze Saturday night in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood. The ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 11-year veteran of the FDNY died at an all-hands Brooklyn fire Saturday, Mayor Eric Adams and FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker announced in a joint statement. Firefighter ...