August 08, 2023
The Second Circuit reversed a lower court's decision finding that the New York City Fire Department improperly altered hiring practices without approval of a court monitor, saying the change was an administrative detail that did not warrant notifying the court.
March 18, 2014
The city of New York agreed Tuesday to pay $98 million to settle a class action over a pair of civil service tests administered by the New York Fire Department that were found to be discriminatory against African-American and Hispanic applicants, signaling an end to seven years of litigation.
March 08, 2012
A New York federal judge on Thursday set a back wage amount of $128.7 million in a class action brought by minority firefighter applicants who said New York City's fire department entry tests were discriminatory.
October 05, 2011
A federal judge on Wednesday recommended assigning a monitor to oversee reform of the New York City Fire Department's hiring practices, saying more than 40 years of denying responsibility for racial inequality proved city officials could not be trusted to act on their own.
July 14, 2011
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that New York City's revised firefighter entrance exam must include race, ethnicity and gender data to prevent discrimination against minorities, continuing the city's effort to overhaul the old exam which allegedly prejudiced black applicants.
July 12, 2011
A federal court on Monday ordered New York City to charge applicants no more than $30 to take its new entry-level firefighter examination, the latest development in a suit alleging the old exam discriminated against minorities.
July 11, 2011
A federal judge on Friday rejected New York's attempt to use the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Dukes ruling to decertify a subclass of firefighters in a suit over the city's alleged discriminatory policies against minority firefighter applicants.
June 07, 2011
In a suit over New York City's alleged discriminatory policies against minority firefighter applicants, a New York federal judge on Monday certified a class of black firefighters on the condition that certain issues were split into subclasses.