Two firefighters surrendered yesterday and were charged with riot and assault in connection with a booze-soaked Brooklyn bar brawl. Ryan Warnock, 45, and Michael Reilly, 32, are the first people to be busted for the Jan. 30 melee at the Salty Dog, a pop Full Article at New York Post

ALBANY -- With the expulsion of Bronx Democrat Hiram Monserrate this week, Senate Democrats find themselves with 31 members, one shy of the 32 needed to pass legislation. It remains to be seen whether the loss of power will create any gridlock in a clos Full Article at Binghamton Press

Joseph Tacopina, an attorney for Sen. Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens, who was ousted by a majority of his colleagues last night, said his firm was unable to file a lawsuit on the matter today because the federal courthouse in New York City was closed. T Full Article at Politics on the Hudson

Joseph Tacopina, an attorney for Sen. Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens, who was ousted by a majority of his colleagues last night, said his firm was unable to file a lawsuit on the matter today because the federal courthouse in New York City was closed. Full Article at Albany Watch

So much for the "red wall of silence." Several off-duty firefighters who were working at a Brooklyn bar when a drunken horde of smoke-eaters attacked a group of civilians have given damning statements against their FDNY brothers to investigators, The Po Full Article at New York Post

A dozen active and retired firefighters could face felony charges following a vicious bar brawl that left four bar patrons severely injured -- one with multiple broken bones, a report said today. The melee at the Salty Dog in Bay Ridge began when one of Full Article at NBC New York