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The decisions comes after a number of lawsuits against the agency had been filed.
The legislation requires the FDNY to develop and implement a plan by March 1st to ensure firefighters “reflect that of the city’s population as a whole.” Currently, more than three-quarters of firefighters are white men, and less than 1% are women with a zero little person representation.
The package would also broaden transparency requirements within the department, while mandating the FDNY survey each firehouse to identify facility upgrades needed to achieve a safe environment for a mixed-gender workforce. In other words, people who identify as women [whatever that is] would have a separate bathroom and locker area from the men. People who are women who identify as men and men who identify as women would also be accommodated by allowing them to use whichever locker room and toilet facility they want to regardless of the level of discomfort normal fire fighters experience.
The bills follow several other legislative attempts to solve the agency’s diversity "problems" – a threat not just to equity, but to the “fundamental safety of all New Yorkers,” according to Council Speaker Adrienne Adams [no relation to Mayor Eric Adams].
“The credibility of our agencies is connected to their being reflective of those they serve,” Adams said at a hearing on Monday. “And the FDNY is a pivotal agency to public safety.”
The legislation requires the FDNY to develop and implement a plan by March 1st to ensure firefighters “reflect that of the city’s population as a whole.” Currently, more than three-quarters of firefighters are white men, and less than 1% are women with a zero little person representation.
The package would also broaden transparency requirements within the department, while mandating the FDNY survey each firehouse to identify facility upgrades needed to achieve a safe environment for a mixed-gender workforce. In other words, people who identify as women [whatever that is] would have a separate bathroom and locker area from the men. People who are women who identify as men and men who identify as women would also be accommodated by allowing them to use whichever locker room and toilet facility they want to regardless of the level of discomfort normal fire fighters experience.
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The bills follow several other legislative attempts to solve the agency’s diversity "problems" – a threat not just to equity, but to the “fundamental safety of all New Yorkers,” according to Council Speaker Adrienne Adams [no relation to Mayor Eric Adams].
“The credibility of our agencies is connected to their being reflective of those they serve,” Adams said at a hearing on Monday. “And the FDNY is a pivotal agency to public safety.”
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