From Reuters: District Judge Nicholas Garaufis ruled on Wednesday that a court-appointed monitor should keep tabs on the New York City Fire Department for a decade to ensure it stamps out discriminatory hiring processes that disadvantaged blacks and Hispanics.

Garaufis last week identified "areas of concern and room for improvement" in how the city recruits minority candidates for its fire department and on Wednesday followed up with a draft remedial order that calls on the city to reassess how it recruits, hires and employs black and Hispanic firefighters.

Garaufis' ruling on Wednesday sets a series of goals for the city, without prescribing specific hiring quotas, allowing it to consult with experts in order to put together a comprehensive and workable plan under court supervision. Read the entire article here.