In terms of public esteem, New York City’s building inspectors are a far cry from, say, the firefighters. Their employer, the Department of Buildings (DOB), has been synonymous with sluggishness. In ...

A 3-year-old girl was among four victims killed in a tragic fire at a Queens building — where people never should have been living on the upper floors, investigators said. Video from Monday showed ...

Fire investigators are still digging through the burned and soaked building that caught fire Monday afternoon, looking into the cause. “I asked what happened,” said Jessica Wee, who works at a store ...