A retired FDNY fire chief accused of taking bribes to fast-track safety inspections faces up to five years in prison after admitting Tuesday to his role in the yearslong scheme. “I plead guilty, ...

Video of the scene showed flames bursting out of the 11th floor apartment windows.

In his statement Tuesday, Williams said Cordasco admitted to lying to FDNY officials and law enforcement to carry out and cover up his scheme, which earned the former fire chief $57,000.

A former FDNY chief accused of expediting fire safety reviews and inspections in exchange for nearly $100,000 in bribes pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal conspiracy charge. Brian Cordasco ...

The victim was killed by the blaze that broke out in his second-floor apartment on Brighton 3rd St. near Brightwater Court in ...

Officials say the outside of the St .Mary Star of the Sea Church on 467 Court St. caught fire just after 7:40 p.m.

They alerted the Bureau of Fire Prevention, and once inside, the FDNY and officials with the buildings department found a slew of violations -- including blocked exits, use and accumulation of ...

BRONX - A fire erupted in a five-story apartment building in the Bronx on Tuesday, the FDNY said. Officials got the call at 5 ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Brian Cordasco, a retired chief in the FDNY Bureau of Fire Prevention, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to accept bribes in exchange for expediting safety inspections.

The New York City Fire Department shut down a haunted house ... and that is a death trap that we came upon," FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker told WABC Friday. Violations included three illegally ...