Is this a bombshell decision or what?
Is this a bombshell decision or what?
Tags: African American firefighters, Black Firefighters, Center for Constitutional Rights, class action lawsuits, EEOC, Judge Sonia Sotomayo, NYFD, Uniformed Firefighters Association, United States of America and Vulcan Society Inc. v. City of New York, Vulcan Society
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NYFD Black Firefighters Win Significant Court Battle: Where Are the Stories?
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009Official organization of NYFD African American Firefighters
[Picture Courtesy of Center for Constitutional Rights]
By now, one would believe, that there would be numerous stories in metro New York City news media about the federal judge’s decision regardingĂ‚Â United States, et al. v City of New York, a federal class action lawsuit originating from two Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges filed by Center for Constitutional Studies on behalf of the Vulcan Society and three individual African-American firefighter applicants, charging the New York City Fire Department with racially discriminatory hiring practices.
Nope.
But there is an online front-page story in the
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Tags: African American firefighters, Black Firefighters, Civil Rights Act, EEOC, et al. v City of New York, FDNY, The Chief, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis, United States, United States et al. v City of New York, Urban Fire Departments, Vulcan Society
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