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Court Rules New York Fire Department Discriminates Against Black, Latino Applicants
A federal judge has determined that the Fire Department of New York City used racially discriminatory hiring practices that unlawfully prevented hundreds of qualified African American and Latino applicants from joining the department. New York City has the least diverse fire department of any major city in the nation. Ref. Source 8