Originally Posted by sperbonzo

It turns out that this is the same judge that claimed the the FDNY (Fire Department) test was racist because not enough minorities passed...

He seems to do a lot of racial grandstanding...

http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-ne...roposals-fdny/

"New York City won't be hiring new firefighters anytime soon, even though city officials say they are needed to keep the city safe. On Friday, the city rejected all five of the hiring plan options laid out by a federal judge. Judge Nicholas Garaufis proposed the alternatives this week to allow the city to hire more than 300 firefighters who took an exam he had ruled was discriminatory.

But in a statement, Michael Cordoza, corporation counsel with the New York City Law Department, said all of the proposals are "bad public policy," and include "race-based quota" options. He said the city had no other choice but to reject them.

"The citizens of this city are entitled to firefighters who are hired based on their ability rather than on race or ethnicity," he said. "We are committed to ensuring that only the most qualified applicants become New York City firefighters while at the same time doing our very best to recruit the most diverse group of firefighters possible." Cardozo added that hires from the current applicant pool would have represented the city's most diverse yet, had the city been allowed to hire the test's top scorers without using any of the judge's proposals."


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