The New York Times reports that the FDNY pool of black and Hispanic job applicants has more than doubled since 2002.

This comes two months after the Justice Department sued the city charging that the firefighter written entrance exam
screened out a large number of blacks and Hispanics.

Now, 30 percent of the 4,000 applicants scoring highest
on this year’s exam were black or Hispanic, compared with just under 14
percent in 2002.

There were also
three times as many women in this year’s top 4,000.