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City: FDNY diversity plan working

With a federal discrimination lawsuit still looming, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today touted the results of this year's written firefighter exam, the results of which show a sharp increase in the number of minorities who are eligible to become firefighters over the next four years.

Of the more than 21,000 people who passed the test, 38 percent were minorities, a 17 percent increase from the...

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