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FDNY applicants shut out

White Applicants Blast FDNY After Being Denied Entry To Preparation Class

There were hurt feelings and racial tensions as white applicants were left standing outside a prep class on Wednesday night.

2012/03/01

FILE July 15, 2009 -- New Haven, Connecticut firefighters attend the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings in 2009 of then US Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who ruled against the white firefighters when she served on a federal appeals court.(Photo credit: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

New Haven Firefighters Get Damages In 2009 Bias Case

A group of 20 Connecticut firefighters have won about $2 million in damages from the city of New Haven in connection with a reverse discrimination case that went before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009.

2011/07/28

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