Last of the ‘Vollies’ Fight Time, Fires
The volunteer fire department that serves Gerritsen Beach is the last of its kind in Brooklyn and one of nine left in the city.
Public Safety
Curbing the Need to Speed
The city wants to increase safety on New York's streets by getting out the word that the speed limit is 30 mph.
Carpenters Stress Safety, Education
The carpenters' union is calling for a crackdown on the sale of phony OSHA safety training certificates.
via City Limits
Crime Plagues Brooklyn Seniors
Residents of a city-run senior citizen's housing complex in Crown Heights are fed up with inadequate security after two home invasion robberies this year and three similar incidents in the summer.
via New York Daily News
Attacks Spur Help For Bronx Africans
Bronx officials are forming an African Advisory Council amid a spate of attacks against the borough's growing African immigrant population.
via New York Daily News
Chief's Concerns Over Wall Covering
A city fire chief is sounding the alarm over a building material he believes holds an "inherent danger."
via New York Daily News
Sex-Trafficking Survivor Speaks Out
Along Roosevelt Avenue, men yell, "Chicas!" and hand out cards with pictures of scantily clad women. For Kika Cerpa, those cards bring back memories of her harrowing ordeal as one of those "chicas."
via The Local
Facebook Alibi Changes Status to Free
Rodney Bradford's Facebook status update about wanting pancakes became his alibi, clearing him of a robbery rap.