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Federal judge calls FDNY recruiting exams discriminatory

A Brooklyn federal judge's ruling that the New York City Fire Department's recruiting exams discriminated against blacks and Hispanics will help change the face of the department, the head of the group that sued the department said Thursday.

"If we have an exam that's relative and inclusive, we have a greater chance," said John Coombs, president of the Vulcan Society, a fraternal organization...

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