"Trump's record both as a businessman and as a political leader and a patron in supporting minority efforts—and particularly supporting the African American community really speaks for itself," he said.
The aggressive minority recruitment effort came after years of litigation in which the city and the Fire Department were accused of having racially discriminatory hiring practices.
Boy, it's fun to watch the Republican "minority outreach" effort in action, isn't it?
Addressing students, local leaders, and activists as part of his minority outreach effort, Paul stressed the need to roll back civil asset forfeiture and mandatory minimum sentencing laws ahead of a likely bid for president in 2016.
Thus, whilst there still is a stigmatizing 'ignorant' minority, NGO campaign efforts appear to be trickling through.
Her comments brought almost immediate criticism from her opponent, Mayor Giuliani, whose aides noted that the Police Department had begun aggressive minority recruitment efforts in the last year.
Second, on Thursday, Assembly Speaker Jack Collins finally put an end to a similar bit of bipartisan hanky-panky when he quashed the Assembly Democratic minority's efforts to force a vote on impeaching Peter G. Verniero, the State Supreme Court justice who is accused of lying under oath during his confirmation hearings.
Now, the parties to the lawsuit are hashing out how to redress past wrongs and diversify a department that is still overwhelmingly white, though city officials say minority outreach efforts and a new test introduced in 2007 are steps in the right direction.
John Ruffin, who has headed minority health efforts at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for 24 years, is stepping down as director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities NIMHDD).
