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Firefight: The Century-Long Battle To Integrate New York's Bravest
By Otis, Ginger Adams
- ISBN
- 9781137280015 9781466879331
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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Starred Review on May 1, 2015 | Social Sciences
The complexities of firehouses in New York date back to the Tammany Hall era, when all-volunteer firehouses were used to increase votes for corrupt politicians. The present-day Fire Department, City of New York (FDNY) grew out of the draft riots of 1863 and brought with it nepotism, favoritism, and discriminatory hiring practices. New York Daily News reporter Otis, who previously reported on the FDNY for The Chief-Leader, adeptly weaves the many threads of ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
