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

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.

TRIBECA, Manhattan (PIX11) – At least two firefighters were injured as they worked to knock down a cellar fire in Manhattan during frigid conditions late Wednesday night, according to the FDNY.

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.

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.

It was dramatic … overwhelming,” FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito told the Daily News, recalling the miles of scorched earth and destroyed homes in L.A.’s Palisades

It included a photograph of the charred remains of an electric moped whose battery had caught fire and killed someone in the Bronx. The moped pictured happened to be a Fly E-Bike model that was on display in the store.

Firefighters quickly took down a fire that broke out in the basement of a Brooklyn home on Thursday afternoon. FDNY units responded to the fire, located at 159 East 96th St. in East Flatbush, just after 12:15 p.

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