FDNY Marine Division units and the U.S. Coast Guard powered through rough East River waters churned up by an approaching hurricane on Thursday as they helped rescue a barge found sinking under the Throgs Neck Bridge in Queens, officials said. The FDNY ...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY assisted a boat in distress early Sunday morning, according to a spokesperson for the department. The emergency call came in around 8:30 a.m. for a boat near Sandy Hook that was taking on water, according to the spokesperson.

Firefighters rescued three people in the nick of time from a sinking boat in the East River, the FDNY said. A marine unit of New York’s Bravest responded to a Mayday radio call of a boat that had struck an object and begun going down near the Whitestone ...