Weaver says FDNY officials have not answered his question. They declined to answer CBS News New York's questions, too. Instead, a department spokesperson said in a statement: "We are saddened by ...

The FDNY has struggled to add women to its ranks since 1982. Fifteen women graduated from the Academy in 2018, the largest number of new female firefighters since that initial 1982 class.

They got out of their FDNY truck to check the block for its source ... Medics rushed a 54-year-old woman to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Queens and a 90-year-old woman to Flushing Hospital ...

I wanted to be the best of the best. I want to work alongside New York City’s best. “So I joined the FDNY, and now I’m here.” Miriam Beltran, a 28-year-old fellow graduate, said her ...