Some white firefighters in New York City are angry about a new FDNY entrance exam which they say lowers standards to accomodate for diversity. The new...

New York City could have to pay upwards of $128 million in back wages to minorities who weren't hired after taking the Fire Department's entrance exam...

A bill now before the City Council is another sign of the continuing challenge New York City faces to increase the number of blacks and Hispanics in its fire department.

It is crazy to have a city in which one of the major public safety services is virtually all white while the city is more than a quarter black.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg testified in a discrimination lawsuit on Wednesday that he did not recall receiving a report more than six years ago warnin...

After nearly eight years of doing nothing to cure the overt racism in a department with over 9,000 firemen, the NYFD now says it has a future fix and doesn't need court intervention.