who was sworn in as FDNY chaplain on Thursday. James’ attendance broke from tradition, as the elected official historically invited to speak at the promotion ceremony has been the mayor.

Joseph Maiello at Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Staten Island on Dec. 30, 2021. FDNY chaplain Monsignor John Delendick compared the fallen firefighter to another Joseph, the New Testament ...

Two sons of firefighters killed on 9/11 are being promoted to FDNY lieutenant this week. On Tuesday James Dowdell will attain the same rank as his father, Lt. Kevin Dowdell, who was a 21-year ...

Peter Matthews talks with Jeff Cool about the 20th anniversary of FDNY’s Black Sunday, where the department lost three firefighters at two fires in the same day and his efforts to educate and ...