Black FDNY applicants train at Prospect Park in January. The Vulcan Society is offering free training sessions on weekends to help people on the list pass the physical.
A federal judge’s order and record numbers of minority recruits hint that change is coming to the FDNY. But veteran black firefighters are taking a wait-and-see approach.
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