Menorah Firefighter Nominated for Medal for Saving Girl

It was a firefighter’s worst nightmare — blinding black smoke, a wall of fire and a toddler trapped in the inferno.

Ticket Shock for Motorists

Maybe justice really is blind.

NYPD officers and traffic agents should immediately begin writing tickets on streets where the parking rules have been changed, despite a five-day grace period at the changed spots.

Photos Show Woman Nearly Crushed by Subway

An eagle-eyed motorman saved a straphanger from almost certain death when he slammed the brakes on a 370-ton train – missing by mere seconds a woman who had fallen on the tracks.

NYPD Cooking the Books to Make NYC Appear Safer

Two academics at an FBI-sponsored conference Friday will accuse the NYPD of cooking the books to make the city appear safer.

NYC Jail to Brooklyn: Get Your Own Workers

Despite intense media coverage, Borough President Markowitz continued to use Department of Correction prisoners to set up and break down his concerts in Coney Island and Crown Heights, as these prisoners did on Friday morning after a B-52s show.

Muslim Taxi Driver Stabbed

According to police, a taxi driver had his throat slashed last night after he told a passenger he was Muslim.

Starting Tonight, Brooklyn Brg Closed Most Nights

A massive rehab of the Brooklyn Bridge will begin Aug. 23, keeping Manhattan-bound lanes closed most nights until 2014.

NYC Skyscrapers to Turn-Off Lights to Help Migrating Birds’

Some of the Big Apple’s brightest buildings are joining a campaign to dim the lights while millions of migrating birds pass through town this fall.

New Law: Motorists Must Keep ‘Safe Distance’ from Bicycles

Starting in November, a motorist who passes too close to a bicyclist on the road could be slapped with a ticket.

‘Fine’ Day for Biking

The NYPD has declared war on reckless bicyclists, slapping cyclists with summonses for everything from riding on the sidewalk to near-misses with pedestrians to disobeying traffic signals and other rules of the road.

Brooklyn’s First Day of Wireless Water Meter Reading

On Monday, August 9, Brooklyn Borough President Markowitz joined New York City Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Cas Holloway, Lauren Collins, co-founder of the Windsor Terrace Alliance and area residents outside his home to officially commemorate Brooklyn going online for the City’s new wireless water meter program. The installation of an Automated Meter Reading (AMR) unit on BP Markowitz’s home was the 417,000th installed in the City.

New Bridge Arrives in NYC After Float Down Hudson

NEW YORK [AP] — A prefabricated 350-foot-long bridge that will replace a 109-year-old span across the Harlem River arrived Monday aboard two barges that were pushed and pulled by tugboats.

Eastern U.S. Cooks In 100-Degree Summer Heat

NEW YORK [AP] — Another wave of oppressive heat clamped down on a broad swath of Eastern states on Saturday, with temperatures in the high 90s and 100s and residents scrambling for shade or just staying indoors.

City Considering Charging for Garbage Pickup

In an effort to cut wasteful in New York City government, the city may consider charging for residential trash pickup. Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, also known as Mike’s “hatchet man” proposed the idea, saying “I can think of 1,000 innovations, but . . . I have not yet had an innovative idea in any meeting that was legal.”

Call by Call, 311 System Redefines the City

The 311 call system, a non-emergency customer-service hotline for New York City’s many departments was announced in January 2002. Since then, the hotline has been redefining the way the city runs. New Yorker have been calling for things like, landlord complaints and for losing property in a taxi.

Con Ed Restores Power To Brooklyn, Queens

NEW YORK [CBS] — The power problems that impacted thousands of ConEd customers in Brooklyn were finally over Sunday.

Late Friday night the utility reduced voltage by 8-percent in the central and southwest parts of the borough due to problems with some electrical cables.