The victim is the latest elderly New Yorker to die in a fire in the last couple months, a string of more than a dozen deaths.

The FDNY battled a three-alarm house fire in Whitestone on Christmas Day that spread to two neighboring homes.

Two civilians were injured during a two-alarm house fire in Maspeth early Sunday morning, according to the FDNY.

The fire broke out inside her first-floor apartment on 80th St. near 37th Ave. in Jackson Heights about 5:10 a.m. Thursday.

Thirteen elderly New Yorkers have died following fires this winter over a deadly six-week span in a continuing trend FDNY ...

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A spokesperson for the mayor said the timing was not intended to overshadow Mamdani’s announcement just minutes later.

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New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's clap back at Musk came after the tech billionaire previously referred to him as a ...