The FDNY has struggled to add women to its ranks since 1982. Fifteen women graduated from the Academy in 2018, the largest number of new female firefighters since that initial 1982 class.

Weaver says FDNY officials have not answered his question. They declined to answer CBS News New York's questions, too. Instead, a department spokesperson said in a statement: "We are saddened by ...

Michele Fitzsimmons, after Maura’s FDNY graduation ceremony at Brooklyn College’s Whitman Hall on Feb. 22, 2007. (Julia Xanthos for New York Daily News) The FDNY’s gender barrier was smashed ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY fought a fire at a smoke shop early Friday morning on the major business district of New Dorp Lane. The fire was called at 1:15 a.m. at 308 New Dorp Lane between ...

NEW YORK -- Two people were killed when a fire broke out Wednesday morning in the Bronx. The FDNY says a parked car blocked a fire hydrant and slowed down its response. Firefighters were called to ...

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according to residents and the FDNY. The fire broke out minutes before 10:30 a.m. on the second and third floors of the three-story brownstone on Eastern Parkway near New York Avenue in Crown ...

QUEENS (WABC) -- On Friday, Michelle Fitzsimmons, a 24-year veteran of the FDNY will be promoted to Deputy Chief, making her the first-ever female Deputy Chief and highest-ranking female in Fire ...

The New York Yankees are all set to report for spring training, but there's still a pretty massive need at the third base position. It appears Jazz Chisholm will begin the spring at second base ...

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The New York Yankees have made it clear that it is ... Glove Award winner entering the seventh season of an eight-year, $260 million contract. A trade that brings him to the Yankees would satisfy ...