LEGAL BRIEF: Justice Department Says FDNY Hiring Practices Are Discriminatory!
The Justice Department has authorized the filing of a lawsuit against the city of NY based on the findings of an investigation that showed that the FDNY’s recruitment process discriminates against Blacks and Hispanics.
The FDNY has responded by stating they’ve made major changes in their recruitment techniques in order to attract more minority candidates. The FDNY commissioner, Nicholas Scoppetta said the FDNY isn’t looking for a fight, just a reasonable solution to the problem. Last year, City Hall gave the FDNY $1.4 million to use toward minority recruitment.
A lawsuit will be filed within 30 days, unless some sort of settlement is reached. If a judge is brought in to review the FDNY’s hiring practices, one solution could be to require one minority candidate to be hired for every three non-minority candidates.
Source: The NY Daily News, We'll Deal With Heat-FDNY, By John Marzulli and Jonathan Lemire, Wednesday, April 25, 2007
The FDNY has responded by stating they’ve made major changes in their recruitment techniques in order to attract more minority candidates. The FDNY commissioner, Nicholas Scoppetta said the FDNY isn’t looking for a fight, just a reasonable solution to the problem. Last year, City Hall gave the FDNY $1.4 million to use toward minority recruitment.
A lawsuit will be filed within 30 days, unless some sort of settlement is reached. If a judge is brought in to review the FDNY’s hiring practices, one solution could be to require one minority candidate to be hired for every three non-minority candidates.
Source: The NY Daily News, We'll Deal With Heat-FDNY, By John Marzulli and Jonathan Lemire, Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Labels: corrective action, discrimination, protected class
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