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Costly Lessons: What We've Learned From Firefighter Deaths
A City Limits investigation looked at FDNY fatalities over 20 years, finding common factors and tracking the city's efforts to address them.
Out of 9/11 Tragedy Came Change for FDNY
Serious problems with the emergency response on 9/11 contributed to the loss of rescuer lives. A decade later, FDNY counts itself much better prepared. But some questions remain.
This Building Killed 1 Firefighter but May Save Dozens
Two fires 10 years apart at one high-rise in the Rockaways helped convince the FDNY to reconsider its time-honored tactics when dealing with wind-driven fires.
When Fire Wins: Causes of FDNY Deaths
Each of the FDNY's line-of-duty deaths over the past 20 years involved a unique person and unique circumstances. But according to investigations by the FDNY and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, common contributing factors link many of the incidents.
Firefighter Decisions Hold Lives—Including Their Own—In Balance
The FDNY is committed to "aggressive, interior firefighting." When that's the plan, equipment, training and manpower are all less important that human decision-making.
Deadly Fires, 9-11 And Beyond: A Reading List
Firefighters' Heart Risks Get New Attention
Heart attacks are the single largest threat to firefighters' lives, with everything from stress to heat to noise at fire scenes elevating the risk factors.
The New 911: Emergency Calling Changes
Problems with the performance of the 911 system on Sept. 11 led the Bloomberg administration to undertake a four-pronged emergency communications transformation program
Diversity and the Department: The FDNY Recruitment Battle
The upcoming firefighters' test represents the latest attempt in a 40-year effort to try to diversify the mostly white, overwhelmingly male FDNY.
New Phase of Building Code Changes Looms
In the wake of the World Trade Center collapse, the city undertook a comprehensive revision of its building and fire codes. Fire safety advocates didn't get all they wanted. Will they have another chance in the next round?
Fire Inspections: Closed Doors Aren't the Only Barrier
After an April fire killed a family in a building that had been illegal converted, City Hall established a new task force to improve inspections. Some pols pushed for more aggressive action. But there's more to improving building safety than political will.
Controversy Over Alleged Muslim Radicalization Not New
In 2007, the NYPD released a report about "the homegrown threat" that troubled local Muslim leaders by labeling innocuous behavior, like displaying concern for "the greater good," as possible hallmarks of "jihadization."
Secrecy Shrouds NYPD's Anti-Terror Camera System
In documents describing the multimillion-dollar Ring of Steel surveillance network, the redactions are as revealing.
How Fares Welfare?
The New Dream
Modest Hopes on a Corner
Thin Gruel For Soup Kitchens
'There Is No Science': Geoffrey Canada's Philosophy
A Q&A with Harlem Children's Zone founder and CEO Geoffrey Canada.
Across The Fence:
The Year In Neighborhoods
City To Focus Attention
On Human Trafficking
Truth and Consequences:
Bloomberg and the Press
September 11th (9/11)
City Limits coverage of New York City's recovery following the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.
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How To Teach 9-11? - Jonathan Camhi
As the 10th anniversary of the tragedy approaches, a look at how one WTC widow has tried to teach children about the attacks.
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Firefighter for a Day
After months reporting a story on the FDNY, all it took was three steps into a smoky room for this reporter to realize how much he didn't know.
City Should Be Cautious About Synthetic Turf
Our athletic fields must be safe and must not adversely impact the health of those using them, says the City Councilmember who chairs the Council's Parks and Recreation Committee.
Not All 9-11 Families Oppose The Mosque
In the arguments over the "Ground Zero mosque"—which is not just a mosque and not at Ground Zero—the feelings of 9-11 families are not monolithic.
Koch On Mosque: Let's Be Calm Now
On a day when Newt Gingrich compared the people planning a downtown mosque to Nazis, former Mayor Ed Koch said Americans could some day regret the furor over the project.
Killing the Message?
Hip-hop music has a powerful effect on New York's youth--and an almost entirely negative one, say three young writers, who think that impact could, and should, change.
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Urban Mobility Report Data: Performance Measure Summary for New York
Statistics on traffic and transport in the New York City area, compiled by the Texas Transportation Institute.
Crime to Scale
Here's one way to compare crime among America's largest cities. Supplemental data from City Limits' January/February issue on urban policy in the presidential campaign.
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President Obama Visits NYC's Ground Zero After Bin Laden Death
Following the death of Osama Bin Laden, President Barack Obama visits the World Trade Center site to pay tribute to victims of 9/11.
