In 1996, when New York City’s Emergency Medical Service (EMS) merged with the Fire Department of New York City (FDNY), it caused a lot of turmoil. Neither organization truly wanted the merger.

Jurors in Queens Supreme Court deliberated for less than an hour before convicting 37-year-old Peter Zisopoulos of ...

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Freedom House Ambulance Service set the standard for emergency medical care, laying the ...

The victim, Lt. Alison Russo-Elling, 61, was ambushed while heading to a corner store in her uniform to get something to eat.

It was one of the most brazen cases I’ve ever seen. ... They predicated (the firing) on very misleading if not false ...

Peter Zisopoulos was found guilty Monday in the 2022 killing of veteran EMT Alison Russo-Elling, who was posthumously ...

Despite efforts to save her life, Russo ultimately died at age 61 from the unprovoked and “vicious” attack in Astoria, a ...

Nearly three years after an FDNY veteran working in Queens was brutally stabbed multiple times in a random attack, the man ...

The communities of Ridgewood and Glendale came together to honor fallen service members during the 87th annual Memorial Day ...

"They looked bad," says The Islander owner Anita Cereceda. "But once you got the muck off, it was like, ‘Oh, look at these!’" ...

A state trooper called out to help a man stuck in the chilly waters of the Tanana River this week took matters into his own ...

By Bill Parry An Astoria man was convicted at trial of murdering an FDNY EMS Lieutenant in September 2022 in Queens Supreme ...