Here's what's going on, according to the NYPost article. Hopefully, with this public exposure, he will NOT get promoted to firefighter.
"Joseph and two other scions of FDNY brass are among 100 new hires at the EMS — where about 40 percent of personnel are minorities.
EMS members get first crack at joining the FDNY as firefighters under new federal diversity rules that put them ahead of “open competitive” applicants to the Fire Academy. Those rules were adopted after federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis found that the FDNY had for years discriminated against minorities.
As The Post exclusively reported yesterday, critics say the EMS gig allows Cassano and his well-connected co-workers a shortcut into the FDNY.
The young Cassano made it clear earlier this month that he wants to join the FDNY, tweeting, “I hate ems” and, “Everybody wanna be a firefighter, but don’t nobody wanna be a damn EMT.”
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The New York fire department has a long tradition of white only need apply, and nepotism. Look at the photos of white firefighters protesting inclusion of minorities. They practically look cloned - lots of brothers/cousins.
The FDNY, which is 89% white, is facing sweeping changes in the way it recruits and hires firefighters in the wake of a federal lawsuit filed in 2007 by the U.S. Justice Department and the Vulcan Society of black firefighters.
In response to the suit, Garaufis ruled that tests given in 1999 and 2002 discriminated against minorities. He junked a third hiring list and made a finding that the city had intentionally discriminated against black and Hispanic FDNY applicants for years.
Read more:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/fdny-hiring-sparks-protests-brooklyn-federal-court-article-1.1172257#ixzz2NuL2oJZt
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