Electrical wiring caused a five-alarm fire at a Bronx apartment building earlier this month, according to New York City fire marshals.

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. When a devastating fire ripped through the Twin Parks apartment complex in the Bronx three years ago,

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.

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

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.

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 ...

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.

The express commuter bus missed a turn on the route that travels between Manhattan and the Bronx. The driver, the sole occupant of the bus, was not injured.

A recording from LiveATC.net describes the collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). The crash sent both into the Potomac River,

Six family members have been killed in a house fire in upstate New York. A family member on Wednesday identified the victims as Diana Avery, Thomas Bowen, Tiara Bowen, Joshuha Bowen, Eli Bowen and Karmen Bowen.

The fire took place around 5 a.m. One person sustained minor injuries.

Hochul has engaged when necessary. She told reporters the spending freeze is harmful and backed Attorney General Letitia James leading a multistate lawsuit to squelch the pause. James, who has tangled with Trump since his first term, is poised to become a national figure with him back in the presidency.