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NEW YORK — New York City won’t freeze hiring of police officers or lay off disabled firefighters this fiscal year after all, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday, saying he’s able to call off the planned NYPD and FDNY cuts thanks to “better than anticipated” tax revenues and a reduction in projected migrant crisis spending. In an afternoon press conference at City Hall, Adams said the reversal ...

The police department will now be able to send another 600 recruits through the academy in April and the fire department will restore staffing to the busiest engine companies, Hizzoner unveiled Wednesday afternoon in City Hall.

An 86-year-old woman was killed in a Queens fire along with her son, who fearlessly rushed back inside the burning home in a desperate attempt to save his mother, according to witnesses and the FDNY.

A house fire in Jamaica, Queens left two people dead Monday evening, according to officials.

An 86-year-old woman and 61-year-old man were killed. They were believed to be a mother and son.

Two people died in a two-alarm fire in South Jamaica on Monday night. Multiple outlets reported that an 86-year-old female victim may have had a handicap and that the 61-year-old

An elderly woman was killed and at least four other people were injured after a fire broke out at an apartment building on Edgecombe Ave in Harlem.

“Paws of Firefighters: The Dogs & Other Animals New York Firehouses” (Schiffer Publishing, out Jan. 28), focuses on the creatures that support NYC firefighters.

There were honors for a firefighter who suffered a deadly head injury during training.

Firefighters in South Ozone Park, Queens battled a two-alarm fire at a commercial building.