Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about FDNY

City firefighter Brauley De La Rosa is still driving recklessly after he tried to kill a cyclist with his car in June. Photo: Liz Gonzales

Firefighter Who Used His Car to Run Down a Cyclist is Still Driving Recklessly

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 30, 2019 | 5 Comments

On Aug. 29, a speed camera caught De La Rosa's car speeding through a school zone in the Bronx.

FDNY: Traffic — Not Bike Lanes — is to Blame for Increased Response Times

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 19, 2019 | 9 Comments

“Travel time increases [are due] to continued population growth, with more vehicles on the road and more construction,” says the report, which was released late Tuesday.

Ballistic Firefighter Who Used His Car to Run Down a Cyclist is Back on Duty

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 17, 2019 | 13 Comments

Taxpayers are again paying the salary of firefighter Brauley de la Rosa, who was arrested last month for using his Dodge muscle car as a battering ram against a cyclist.

FDNY Ambulance Driver Kills Gen Zhan, 81, in East Village Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Aug 30, 2016 | 17 Comments

An FDNY ambulance driver struck and killed a senior in the East Village yesterday. The crash happened at around 1:20 Monday afternoon. Gen Zhan, 81, was in the crosswalk on 14th Street at Second Avenue, walking south to north, when the driver, who was southbound on Second, hit him while turning left onto 14th, according […]

Citing FDNY Concerns, DOT Removes Two-Block Protected Bike Connection

By Brad Aaron | Mar 17, 2016 | 97 Comments

DOT has erased a short contraflow protected bikeway that linked the Highbridge neighborhood to the car-free High Bridge in response to FDNY concerns about the movement of emergency vehicles. The project was part of a package of biking and walking improvements in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan implemented last year, timed to coincide with the re-opening of the High Bridge to the […]

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