DUMP THE G MAN.

[68jk09]

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) ? New York City says a judge overseeing a discrimination case against the fire department abandoned his neutral role and was preoccupied with press coverage of the proceedings.

City attorneys said in a brief filed in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis should be removed from the case.

Garaufis appointed an independent monitor last October to oversee the FDNY?s effort to improve diversity in its recruiting. He found the city had failed to ensure that enough blacks and minorities were being hired.


The Justice Department had sued the city on behalf of a black fraternal firefighter organization.

City attorneys said in the court papers filed Friday that the judge also disregarded ?key evidence? and legal principles in his ruling.

 

[68jk09]

Bloomberg slams Garaufis over FDNY discrimination ruling

By MITCHEL MADDUX

Last Updated: 4:04 PM, January 20, 2012

Posted: 4:04 PM, January 20, 2012
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Mayor Bloomberg has launched a stinging broadside against a federal judge who last year mandated broader judicial oversight over New York City's fire department after that ruling minority firefighters were subjected to widespread discrimination.

City attorneys have suggested that Brooklyn federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis "abandoned a neutral role" while presiding over the civil rights case brought against the FDNY by the US Justice Department and "injected" personal, "extrajudicial beliefs" into the bitterly fought court battle.

"The whole episode speaks volumes about the Court?s lack of detachment," attorneys wrote in a brief filed with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

It is not the first time that New York City's mayor has cross rhetorical swords with the powerful federal judge who recently ordered that a court-appointed monitor should supervise a wide range of functions at the fire department involving the hiring and promotion of minority firefighters.

In his written decision issued last fall, Garaufis singled out Bloomberg personally for his failure to attack the issue of bias in the FDNY's ranks head-on.

Last year, the judge wrote in another opinion that the fire department and city officials had tried to downplay problem, saying "the city?s culture of bureaucratic blame-shifting and accountability avoidance [shows]...that the city does not want to be held accountable for the results of its recruitment efforts. This is unacceptable."

The city's appeal in the FDNY discrimination case has been long awaited and was promised within minutes of the judge's ruling that minorities trying to become city firefighters suffer disadvantages that go far beyond the applicant testing process.

The ruling placing a court-appointed monitor over the fire department followed a special bench trial held last summer, which focused on how the FDNY can attract more minority applicants to an agency overwhelmingly staffed by white firefighters.

The judge concluded after the trial that the low percentage of minorities in the FDNY is "a direct result and vestige of the city?s pattern and practice of discrimination against black firefighter candidates."

Garaufis' ruling stems from a 2007 lawsuit filed against the fire department by the US Justice Department, with the aim of forcing the city to hire more minorities at an agency where white men make up 93 percent of the 11,000 firefighters in its ranks - in a city with a far more diverse population.

The judge had ruled previously that the FDNY's entrance test unfairly discriminates against black and Hispanic applicants.

Mary Jo White, the former Manhattan US attorney appointed by the court as a special master to create a new FDNY entrance exam, has been engaged in efforts to create a new test that is more fair to minority firefighters.

Firefighter applicants are scheduled to take the new test in the spring.

 

[68jk09]

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/154594/judge-monitoring-fdny-diversity-efforts-should-be-removed--officials-say

 

[68jk09]

This judge G has overstepped his bounds & has no regard for the Merit System......i want to puke when i read something about "The Justice Dept".....their actions w/this shit could'nt be farther from justice for those who attempt achieve something through hard work & perseverance.

 

[1075thebox]

Chief I couldn't Agee with you more

 

[68jk09]

http://meritmattersusa.blogspot.com/                    .........Please scroll down & sign the petition in favor of the Merit System.

 

[mack]

Ditto, Chief.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Garaufis
comments from lawyers:
http://www.therobingroom.com/Judge.aspx?ID=8
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-10-08/news/30272734_1_vulcan-society-black-candidates-mayor-bloomberg

 

[1261Truckie]

AMEN Chief !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[68jk09]

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/burne....ticle-1.1010646

 

[grumpy grizzly]

My personnal opinion, if you put your ass on the line for this country and the freedom of all, well you go to the top of the class. Like they say freedom is not free, someome has to cash the checks our government has written. Any vet, black, white, male, female, should go to the top of the list. While you were at Burger King their ass was on the line. I am OLD SCHOOL we should take care of those who sacrificied their life for us. Want the perks, well pay the price for service.. No vet will never, ever dispute your entoilment. Just do your commitment, I hope every vet gets taken care of! Where in the hell do we find these men and women who are willing to put their ass on the ground to save ours. I am a Vietnam vet from 67-69, my son did multiple tours in Iraq. To all on this site, old and young, who have served, THANK YOU.

 

[68jk09]

Agreed & Thanks to You & Your Son.

 

[vbcapt]

I don't get it ? No matter what the City does there's always a lawsuit brought on by some slug(s) every few years delaying the test for good motivated people. 

 

[mikeindabronx]

Grumpy, I also agree 100 %

USAF  62-66

 

[grumpy grizzly]

I do not live in NY but I will bet my ass this judge does not live in the Bronx, Hell's Kitchen; I will bet you his tight ass white butt is in a safe, predomitarily safe ethnic neighborhood. Like I have said time and time again on this site, it is 3 in the morning, the temp is 15 with a wind chill of -3 and your building is on fire. I seriously doubt if you give a shit about who is humping a line up the stairway or making their way up a 100' aerial. I want the best QUALIFIED person, male or female, straight or gay on the job. This job will get you killed, get those who understand the difficulities, and yes the rewards from doing it. There are many people, male and female, who understand THE JOB.

 

[Zing the grumpygrizzly jr]

The one great thing of working as a military firefighter and a contract firefighter over seas is that I got to work with many different races and sexes throughout my short career. Some of the best people I have worked with was my one crew on the contract job. One was a white woman, one was a a black male and my captain whose father used to work for the fdny on engine 34. the woman could drag an attack line with me attached by herself. The black male could do the same, and my captain was smart and didnt take any bs. As the more I think about it I have worked with just about every race out there. Just like any grpoup some are terrible and others are great. The color of your skin and the sex you are doesn't make you a great firefighter. Its what is in your heart and mind that makes you a great firefighter. To have a never quit attitude, to push yourself beyond everything you have left and than some more. A building collapsing or a fire doesn't care what color or sex you are. It will kill you no matter who you are.