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Judge Demands That The New York Fire Department’s Minority Hiring Practices Be Monitored To Prevent Further Discrimination | U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis called for an official monitor to scrutinize the New York Fire Department’s minority hiring practices in order to prevent discrimination. Pointing to “the City’s abysmal track record of hiring black and Hispanic firefighters,” Garaufis is ordering the city to take “remedial steps to fix discriminatory hiring practices” and puts the court monitor in place for at least the next 10 years to assure those steps are taking. Garaufis also sharply rebuked Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) for choosing to ignore what “was obvious to anyone else who looked.” “Instead of facing hard facts and asking hard questions” about the rampant discrimination, “the Bloomberg Administration dug in and fought back,” Garaufis said in his ruling. Bloomberg’s spokesman said the city intends to appeal the decision.