VULCAN SOC., ETC. v. FIRE DEPT., ETC.

Nos. 78 Civ. 911, 80 Civ. 0336 (ADS).

505 F.Supp. 955 (1981)

VULCAN SOCIETY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY, INC.; Hubert M. Robinson; Shearin O. Higgs; Clarence W. High III; Joseph Miles; James Garland; Buel McQuay; Henry Cleveland; Robert P. Gray III; Michael B. Smith; Ronald O. Archer; Larry M. Moyer; and Paul D. McQuay, Plaintiffs, v. FIRE DEPARTMENT OF the CITY OF WHITE PLAINS; et al. Angelo Martinelli, et al. and Professional Fire Fighters Association, Inc., et al., Intervenor-Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE; et al. City of New Rochelle; Leonard C. Paduano et al. and Professional Fire Fighters Association, Inc., et al., Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

January 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teitelbaum & Hiller, New York City, for Vulcan Soc. of Westchester County, Inc., et al.; Richard Hiller and Herbert Teitelbaum, New York City, of counsel.

John S. Martin, Jr., U. S. Atty., S. D. New York, New York City, for United States of America; Nancy E. Friedman, Peter R. Paden, Kent T. Stauffer, Dennison Young, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., New York City, of counsel.

Arthur J. Doran, Jr., Acting Corp. Counsel for the City of Yonkers, Yonkers, N. Y., for Yonkers defendants; Robert Villani, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Yonkers, N. Y., of counsel.

Epstein, Becker, Borsody & Green, for Yonkers defendants; Robert P. Borsody, Ronald M. Green, Susan Schenkel Savitt, Richard Lane Steer, Elliot J. Groffman, New York City, of counsel.

McGovern, Connelly & Davidson, New Rochelle, for New Rochelle defendants; Frank H. Connelly, Jr. and John A. Vasile, New Rochelle, of counsel.

Rains & Pogrebin, Mineola, N. Y., for White Plains and Mount Vernon defendants; Bertrand B. Pogrebin, Bruce R. Millman, Paul J. Schreiber, Mineola, N. Y., of counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, for State defendants; Patricia Armstrong, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel.

Belson, Connolly & Belson, New York City, for intervenor-defendants; John J. Connolly and Nicholas R. Santangelo, New York City, of counsel.


SOFAER, District Judge:

Most of the parties in these consolidated employment discrimination cases have agreed to consent judgments, which they have submitted to the Court for approval. All of the proposed judgments are designed to enhance the prospect of equal employment opportunities for Blacks, Hispanics, and women in the fire departments of New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, and White Plains. Each city has agreed to a different settlement plan. One of these proposed judgments...

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