Judge Nicholas Garaufis, a Federal judge ruled on Friday that FDNY have discriminated against minorities in recruiting, applicant screening and the investigation of discrimination.
“The underrepresentation of black firefighters in the FDNY – a direct result and vestige of the city’s pattern and practice of discrimination against black firefighter candidates – is responsible for making blacks significantly less likely to apply to become New York City firefighters in the absence of a formal recruitment program,” Garaufis wrote
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