Lawsuit Accuses M.T.A. of Bias Against Its Black and Hispanic Police Officers – New York City
Tagged: New York, New York City, policePosted on: May 7th, 2007“Ten current and former members of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department sued the agency yesterday, charging that there was a deeply rooted culture of discrimination against black and Hispanic officers.
The suit, filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan, charges that minority officers are denied promotions or are promoted at a much slower rate than white officers. And it says that overtime work is often steered to white officers, adding to their paychecks ”” and, in some cases, their pensions ”” at the expense of minority officers.”
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