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Former FDNY Chief Brian Cordasco, convicted of fast-tracking safety inspections for business owners who paid him off, was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Monday. Manhattan Federal Judge Lewis ...

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A former FDNY chief “betrayed the trust” of New Yorkers by taking bribes to fast-track fire inspections, a Manhattan judge said Monday before sentencing him to 20 months in prison.

A former FDNY chief who pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge after federal prosecutors accused him and a colleague of taking more than $100,000 in bribes was sentenced to 20 months in prison in a ...

One of two former FDNY chiefs indicted last year in a federal bribery probe that accused the men of exchanging bribes for fast-tracking inspections has been sentenced to 20 months in prison ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Islander and former FDNY chief Brian Cordasco was sentenced to 20 months in prison for his part in a “pay-to-play” bribery scheme where building owners and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Twelve FDNY units and 60 firefighters responded to a fire at a two-story home in West Brighton on Saturday afternoon. The incident was reported just before 2 p.m. at 15 ...

"The fire extended into the attic area, which required us to cut the roof extensively to expose the fire and extinguish it," said FDNY officials. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.

Cordasco was arrested along with another FDNY chief, Anthony Saccavino, in September. Prosecutors say Cordasco pocketed $57,000 of the $190,000 in bribes generated by the scheme between 2021 and 2023.