claim: "when i served as city commissioner, we made great strides …we successfully fought for, and won, adding women and people of color to the fire bureau."
author: charlie hales
evidence_1: mar 25, 2011 ... safety and health standards, and the new york city fire department. ... the  triangle victims, and as a call to action to win greater protections for workers who  ..... one hundred years after the triangle fire, we have witnessed great strides in  .... virtually made in the ruins of that factory, that people who suffer ...
evidence_2: media coverage of the use of fire hoses and attack dogs against protesters and  bombings ... on civil rights led a successful drive for passage of the civil rights  act of 1957 and ... wilkins retired in 1977 as the longest serving naacp leader.  .... in a tribute to warren's judicial statesmanship, burton added, “to you goes the  ...
evidence_3: it created the equal employment opportunity commission to ensure fair hiring ...  george wallace, the segregationist governor of alabama, made a strong .... and  by 1968, almost four hundred black people had been elected to office. ... which  provisions of the civil rights act of 1964 do you think were the most important?
evidence_4: maintenance of a low crime rate, we made great strides in 2016 to enhance the  .... what works cities blog post: naperville police department making strides ....  viduals in the naperville police and fire departments for their contributions to the  ... department was successfully reaccredited by the commission on accredita-.
evidence_5: jun 22, 2017 ... “closing rikers island is a continuation of this important work. we are building a  correctional system that is smaller, safer and .... jails to jobs: all people leaving  jail after serving a city sentence will be ... joseph ponte, commissioner of new  york city department of correction ..... those are remarkable wins.