From subway lines to medical clinics to libraries, city businesses and services have been curtailed because of Covid. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Fire Department (NYC)”
6 Hurt as Midnight Explosion Rocks Brooklyn Block
By Gotham Rex on December 1, 2021
Dozens were displaced by the blast. Its cause was not yet clear, but a neighbor said he reported smelling gas the day before. Source: New York Times
For a 96-Year-Old Veteran, the Parade Came to Him
By Gotham Rex on November 11, 2021
Jack Le Vine, usually spends the holiday doing “nothing.” His Brooklyn neighbors had other plans. Source: New York Times
Still Unvaccinated, and Now on Unpaid Leave
By Gotham Rex on November 2, 2021
About 9,000 city workers did not comply with a new vaccine mandate, but Mayor Bill de Blasio said the first day went smoothly. Source: New York Times
9,000 Unvaccinated N.Y.C. Workers Put on Unpaid Leave as Mandate Begins
By Gotham Rex on November 1, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio said thousands more did get the shot and that the first day of the vaccine mandate went smoothly, without significant service disruptions. Source: New York Times
New York Braces for Staffing Shortages as Vaccine Deadline Nears
By Gotham Rex on October 28, 2021
Thousands of workers in the city’s uniformed services are not yet in compliance with a vaccine mandate for city workers that takes effect Monday. Source: New York Times
New York City Vaccine Mandate Deadline Nears, and Worker Shortages Loom
By Gotham Rex on October 28, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio predicted that serious disruptions would be avoided, even as thousands of police officers, firefighters and other essential workers remain unvaccinated. Source: New York Times
New York City Mandates Coronavirus Vaccines for Its Workers
By Gotham Rex on October 20, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio says 46,000 unvaccinated city workers must get a coronavirus shot by November or lose their paychecks. Source: New York Times
How a Racist Scandal at the F.D.N.Y. Led to Suspensions
By Gotham Rex on October 1, 2021
The Fire Department has long faced allegations of discrimination. But after George Floyd’s murder, a thread of racist messages renewed concerns about the department’s racial climate. Source: New York Times
Where Are the Fans for Israel’s National Baseball Team? In New York.
By Gotham Rex on July 17, 2021
The Tokyo-bound Israeli national baseball team has more supporters in New York than in its home country. Source: New York Times
Why Some of N.Y.C.’s Essential Workers Skipped a Parade to Honor Them
By Gotham Rex on July 7, 2021
The Lower Manhattan celebration honored workers’ service during the pandemic, but several unions said they would not participate, citing low pay among other complaints. Source: New York Times
Building Inspectors Among 4 Arrested in Fatal Fire at Adult Care Home
By Gotham Rex on June 29, 2021
Two officials are accused of filing false reports, and a father and son face arson and manslaughter charges in a blaze that killed two men. Source: New York Times
‘Like an Earthquake’: Gas Explosion Rips Through a Bronx House
By Gotham Rex on February 18, 2021
Ten people suffered minor injuries in the blast, which knocked a door off its hinges and across the street and blew windows out of their frames. Source: New York Times
M.T.A. Bus Plunges 50 Feet, Dangles From Overpass After Crash
By Gotham Rex on January 15, 2021
Eight people, including the driver, were injured when the front of the bus spilled onto the Cross Bronx Expressway, officials said. Source: New York Times
3 Dead in Queens House Fire, Officials Say
By Gotham Rex on December 19, 2020
One firefighter fell through a floor while responding on Saturday morning to a fire in the Elmhurst section of Queens. Source: New York Times