City Fire Prevention Inspectors May 1 filed a Federal lawsuit alleging they have been the victims of race-based pay discrimination, with city Building Inspectors making nearly $17,000 more at top salary despite having lesser enforcement authority.
The class-action lawsuit noted that while 70 percent of the FPIs are people of color, the inspectors employed by the Department of Buildings are 50 percent white.
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