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BLACK APPLICANTS were five times more likely than whites to fail the most recent FDNY written exam - inflaming a longstanding debate about the department's recruiting, the Daily News has learned.
FDNY candidates will take an entry exam that quizzes them on topics like African killer bees and on math questions such as comparing veggie chips to pretzels, but little on firefighting.
The filing period for the upcoming firefighter test will close Wednesday, and the FDNY has registered nearly 52,000 candidates for the fall exam. Whites overall remain the largest group of ...
The test gauges whether a person has the strength, stamina and grit to handle the physically demanding job. FDNY Hose drag. For this task, you’ll grasp a hoseline nozzle attached to a 200-foot ...
A federal judge in Brooklyn Friday approved as nondiscriminatory the results of a new firefighter test that was given to 41,000 applicants this spring. His decision clears the way for New York ...
Two-and-a-half times as many Blacks and Hispanics filed for this exam compared to the 2007 test (5,628 Blacks and 5,590 Hispanics), and more than three times as many women applied this year (4,261 ...
FDNY Deputy Chief Paul Mannix, 49, of Long Island insists that the test was fair to begin with. “The city and the FDNY has nothing to apologize about,” said Mannix.
The FDNY for the first time in its history will allow someone who failed its crucial physical-fitness test to join the Bravest, The Post has learned.
The judge who OK'd the test once called the FDNY "a stubborn bastion of white male privilege." ...
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