James “Jim” Riches, a former New York City Fire Department deputy chief, died on Thanksgiving Day at age 74 from illnesses linked to toxic exposure at Ground Zero, 24 years after the attacks claimed ...

James RIches spent six months searching through the rubble and debris at Ground Zero for the remains of his son Jimmy Riches, ...

A vocal advocate for Sept. 11 survivors, FDNY Deputy Chief James Riches spent six months looking for the remains of his firefighter son, Jimmy.

A retired New York Fire Department deputy chief who lost his firefighter son in the September 11 attacks and spent decades ...

A retired New York Fire Department deputy chief, who lost his firefighter son in the September 11 US attacks and spent decades fighting for sick first responders, has died from a 9/11-related illness.

A Queens judge overstepped her jurisdiction when she ordered the city to rip up a protected bike lane in Astoria, experts ...

Critics and supporters of proposed bike lanes along 31st Street in Astoria both took to the street 10 hours apart on ...

FDNY fire marshals are working to determine what caused a raging five-alarm fire that tore through four adjoining homes in ...

A city firefighter who died fighting a blaze at a Brooklyn apartment building was posthumously promoted to lieutenant Saturday as scores of mourners paid tribute to the beloved Rockaway joker and ...

Fallen FDNY firefighter Patrick Brady was practically royalty in his seaside neighborhood — where thousands gathered Saturday to bid their tearful, final farewells to a native son dubbed the “King of ...

The plans will include the reveal of a Sept. 11th 25th Anniversary Emblem, the launch of a commemorative podcast series ...