Amy Goodman
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Black, Latino Firefighters in New York City Settle Long-Running Suit over Racial Discrimination
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March 19, 2014
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14:05Now PlayingSome 1,500 Black and Latino applicants to the Fire Department of New York have settled a longrunning lawsuit with the city and the Justice Department over racially discriminatory hiring practices at the nation's largest fire department. The agreement grants almost $100 million in back pay to those impacted. When the case was filed in 2007, the Fire Department was 90 percent white, even though African Americans and Latinos totaled half the city's population. Under the new agreement, the Fire Department will be required to change its recruiting policies in order to increase diversity and make the department more representative of the city's population. We discuss the settlement with two guestsPaul Washington, past president of the black firefighters group, the Vulcan Society of Black Firefighters, and captain of Engine 234 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn; and Richard Levy, the case's lead attorney.
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