U.S. v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 07-cv-2067 (NGG)(RLM).

731 F.Supp.2d 291 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, and The Vulcan Society, Inc., Marcus Haywood, Candido Nuñez, and Roger Gregg, Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK, Defendant.

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

August 4, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot M. Schachner , Michael J. Goldberger , David Michael Eskew , United States Attorneys Office, Brooklyn, NY, Sharon Seeley , Jennifer Swedish , Meredith L. Burrell , Varda Hussain , U.S. Dept of Justice, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Richard A. Levy , Allyson L. Belovin , Robert H. Stroup , Levy Ratner P.C., Dana E. Lossia , Shayana Devendra Kadidal , Anjana Samant , Darius Charney , Center for Constitutional Rights, Beth A. Kaswan , Judith S. Scolnick , Scott & Scott, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Intervenors.

Georgia Mary Pestana , Office of the Corporation Counsel, William S.J. Fraenkel , Corporation Counsel of the City of NY, Edward Lee Sample, II , Vivien V. Ranada , New York City Law Department, Kami Zumbach Barker , Office of Michael A. Cardozo, Michael N. Block , Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo P.C., Richard M. Betheil , Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NICHOLAS G. GARAUFIS, District Judge.

From 1999 to 2007, the New York City Fire Department used written examinations that had discriminatory effects on minority applicants and failed to test for relevant job skills. In July 2009 and January 2010, this court held that New York City's use of these examinations discriminated against black and Hispanic applicants in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1974, and against black...

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