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Heat may rise – blame travels downwards

According to a Sally Goldenberg exclusive in the Staten Island Advance, the FDNY fire captain disciplined for failing to inspect the Deutsche Bank building was in fact following a policy not to inspect during the demolition process. Link to Goldenberg piece here. An excerpt: One of the three firefighters stripped of his command for his [...]

Fatal shooting 22 August on Parkside Avenue

According to the Times, Thursday 30 August: A Brooklyn man was charged yesterday with fatally shooting another man near Prospect Park last week, the police said. The police said that the suspect, Tony Canales, 26, shot Antonio Bruce, 25, of Stanley Avenue about 11:20 p.m. on Aug. 22. Mr. Bruce was shot once in the [...]

Good Samaritan killed on Prospect Expressway

From the Times’ “Metro Briefing” on Thursday, page B4 of the print edition, link to online archived version here A man who stopped to help a driver in a disabled car on the Prospect Expressway early yesterday was killed when a drunken driver in a third car smashed into his car and the broken-down vehicle, [...]

“A moment of Stray Voltage”

This is why the Times policy of limiting certain articles to Times Select subscribers is disturbing. I’m going to write now about an actual life-and- death issue for New Yorkers, but can’t link to it because of their restrictions. We regard the following excerpt as within the scope of the “fair use” doctrine of the [...]

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