By Julissa Catalan
More than half of New York City’s population is made up of nonwhites and/or Latinos, yet Blacks and Latinos have never made up more than 4 percent of the Fire Department, City of New York (FDNY).
After a seven-year legal battle, the City of New York has reached a nearly $100 million settlement with close to 1,500 Black and Latino fire-department recruits who had accused the city and the FDNY of intentional racial discrimination.
