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New York City police will stay out of many mental health crisis calls and social workers will respond instead in parts of northern Manhattan starting this spring, an official told lawmakers Monday. The test program will begin in three Harlem and East Harlem police precincts that together accounted for a highest-in-the-city total of over 7,400 mental health-related 911 calls last…

One of the first responder agencies hardest hit by the COVID-19 virus began the vaccination process after approximately 5,700 members of the FDNY had been infected with the virus since it started ravaging New York City in March. The vaccinations, using the doses from Moderna, kicked off at three locations Wednesday: the training headquarters of EMS at Fort Totten, the...

Andrew Siff reports on the latest in the fight against the coronavirus.

FDNY members begin to receive their vaccinations Wednesday. Katherine Creag reports.

The head of New York City’s EMS union says the city is preparing to eliminate hundreds of emergency medical responder positions as the city’s budget crisis gathers steam due to the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns.

Some New York City paramedics and EMTs are suing the city, saying the FDNY unfairly penalized them after they participated in media interviews. Chris Glorioso reports.

A 65-year-old man was killed early Sunday in Harlem after a Taxi & Limousine Commission vehicle that ran a red light struck him and at least three other cars, police said.

A 65-year-old man was killed early Sunday in Harlem after a Taxi & Limousine Commission vehicle that ran a red light struck him and at least three other cars, police said.

Gov. Cuomo and Cynthia Nixon swapped insults and clashed over policy in their only scheduled debate before the Sept. 13 Democratic primary. Melissa Russo reports.

An 11-year-old girl has died after she was found unresponsive inside a sweltering car at a Long Island home Tuesday afternoon, Suffolk County police say.

An 11-year-old girl is dead after she was found unresponsive inside a sweltering car at a Long Island home. Michael George reports.

The fire marshal revealed the cause of a raging fire that trapped a family of eight in a Brooklyn high-rise.

A malfunctioning air conditioner caused a fire that trapped a family of eight in a Brooklyn apartment, the fire marshal said. Rana Novini reports.

Eight people were hurt, including two children who suffered critical injuries, after a family became trapped in their apartment during a fire at a Brooklyn high-rise, according to fire officials.

A family with young kids got trapped after a fire erupted in their apartment Saturday afternoon. Fire officials said children were among those fighting for their lives. Wale Aliyu reports.

A New York City man who says the city didn’t do enough to keep him from drunkenly jumping out of the back of a moving ambulance has filed a lawsuit.

A 44-year-old mother of five, who worked for 14 years at FDNY EMS station no. 26 in the Bronx, was mowed down by her own hijacked ambulance while she and her partner were on their way to a job. Marc Santia reports.

An emergency medical technician died after she was run over by a stolen ambulance in the Bronx Thursday, police say.