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Supporters Rally at Appeals Court for September 11 Hearing in FDNY Firefighter Reinstatement Case (opens the original)
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After the New York State Appeals Court for the Second Department scheduled a hearing on September 11, 2026 for Timothy Rivicci v. New York City Fire Department and the City of New York, word went out to supporters of the respondent, FDNY Firefighter Timothy Rivicci, to rally at the courthouse. Rally they did, with dozens gathering outside the courthouse to listen to speakers and express both their support for Rivicci and their outrage at an FDNY firefighter being called into court on the 25th an
FDNY 25th Anniversary World Trade Center Memorial Service (opens the original)
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On September 9, 2026, the New York City Fire Department held a memorial service at FerryHawks Stadium in Staten Island for the 343 FDNY members who perished on September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center, and for the more than 400 who later succumbed to illnesses related to their service on 9/11 and in the years that followed.ShareFire Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore, Chief of Department John Esposito, C
Tracker: Open Letter Campaign Calls for Worker Reinstatement and Compensation (opens the original)
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Since the fall of 2024, New York workers who were fired and pushed out of their jobs in other ways for refusing to comply with the widespread COVID-19 vaccine mandates that were rolled out in 2021 have been speaking directly to the powers that be in a letter-writing campaign. The first letter, to the incoming Trump administration, was sent out in November 2024, and that was followed by letters to legislators at every level of government, Governor Kathy Hochul, and current New York City mayor Zoh
Mamdani Betrays Inaugural Promise in Failure of Public Accountability (opens the original)
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“I promise you this: If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree, I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn alongside you, and never, not for a second, hide from you.” —Zohran Mamdani, inaugural address, January 1, 2026 The buses may not be free yet, but talk is still cheap. Now approaching eight months into his tenure as New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani has frequently insisted that he wants to be a mayor for all New Yorkers, but when it comes to those who los
The Firsthand Report ⌗9 (opens the original)
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☞ MORE THAN 500 NEW YORK CITY WORKERS HAVE SENT AN OPEN LETTER TO MAYOR MAMDANI requesting a meeting to discuss reinstating municipal employees who were fired and forced into retirement under the 2021 COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The letter follows an email last week from FDNY to fired workers saying that they would not be reinstated under the plan announced by former mayor Eric Adams because the Mamdani administration had not followed through on a person
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