{"id":1974988,"date":"2023-07-17T10:06:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minorities-who-claimed-racial-bias-after-failing-teacher-exam-get-1-8-billion-in-largest-ever-nyc-settlement\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T10:09:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:09:58","slug":"minorities-who-claimed-racial-bias-after-failing-teacher-exam-get-1-8-billion-in-largest-ever-nyc-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minorities-who-claimed-racial-bias-after-failing-teacher-exam-get-1-8-billion-in-largest-ever-nyc-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.8 billion settlement awarded to minorities alleging racial bias in NYC&#8217;s largest-ever teacher exam case."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminorities-who-claimed-racial-bias-after-failing-teacher-exam-get-1-8-billion-in-largest-ever-nyc-settlement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974988&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Failure never\u2063 paid so \u200cwell.<\/h2>\n<p>New York City is\u200c sending big checks\u2064 to black\u2064 and\u200b Hispanic residents\u2063 who filed \u200ba \u200bdiscrimination\u200b <a \u200bhref=\"http:\/\/www.gulinolitigation.com\/docs\/DK%20001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u2063 rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> \u2062in 1996 \u200cafter failing the\u2062 New York \u2062State \u2064teachers\u2019\u200b exam.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c total \u2062bill will\u200c be\u2064 more\u2063 than $1.8 billion, making this the \u200dlargest\u200b legal settlement\u2062 in city \u200chistory,\u2064 the <a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/15\/nyc-bias-suit-black-hispanic-teachers-and-ex-teachers-rich\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u2062 rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported \u2063Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>About 5,200\u2063 people will be\u200b part\u2062 of \u2064the settlement, according to the report. As\u200b of Friday, at least\u200c 225\u200b people had been notified they \u2063will collect \u200cmore \u2062than\u2062 $1 \u2063million each\u2062 after \u200dfailing the Liberal Arts\u2062 and \u2064Sciences Test used\u2063 between \u200b1994 and 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Herman\u2064 Grim of Queens will collect more\u2064 than $2 million, \u200baccording\u200c to\u200c the Post.<\/p>\n<blockquote \u200bclass=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Black, Hispanic\u200d NYers \u200bwho failed\u2064 teacher\u2019s test strike\u2064 $1.8B \u200cin NYC settlement <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7g8Ji1oNyz\">https:\/\/t.co\/7g8Ji1oNyz<\/a> <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I3NtoKUUgF\">pic.twitter.com\/I3NtoKUUgF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bNew York Post\u2064 (@nypost) \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1680229432735281156?\">July \u200b15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The agreement was reached \u200din 2021 \u2062by the administration \u2062of \u2064then-Mayor \u200bBill DeBlasio, who\u200b at the\u200c time was in his final weeks\u2064 in\u200d office.<\/h3>\n<p>The payouts reflect \u200bwhat the plaintiffs would have\u2063 earned \u200dif they \u2063had\u200d been hired\u2064 and remained\u200b with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-who-resisted-reopening-schools-took-thousands-from-teacher-unions\/\" title=\"Democrats Who Resisted Reopening Schools Took Thousands From Teacher Unions\">school system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although\u2062 some people will \u2064be getting only\u200b a few hundred dollars,\u200d the Post \u2064reported \u2063the \u2064total \u200bpayout will likely increase \u200dbecause the city might \u2064still be\u2062 paying for retirement benefits for \u2063people\u200c who never \u2064worked, and also \u200cpaying for\u200d health insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Many\u200c were\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-black-americans-great-trump-joe-biden-showed\/\" target=\"_blank\" \u200crel=\"noopener\">irked<\/a> at \u200cthe deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s \u2063a struggle to\u2063 explain\u2063 how \u2064New\u2063 York\u2062 City\u2064 could spend $38,000\u2063 a year\u2064 per kid with\u200b such a \u200bpoor return,\u2064 but \u2063decisions like\u2063 this \u2062really help people\u200b understand\u200b where\u200c all that money\u2019s going,\u201d said \u200dKen Girardin, a fellow\u200c and\u2064 labor\u200c specialist at \u200bthe\u2062 Empire\u200d Center for Public Policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c>Arthur\u200d Goldstein, who recently retired after \u200cteaching at \u200dFrancis Lewis \u2062High \u2063School\u2062 in Queens, said the test was not a\u2063 good bellwether of how \u200capplicants would \u200bperform \u2064as teachers,\u200c according to\u200b the Post. He \u200dsaid the issue \u2062should have been resolved years \u200cago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll this\u200c money\u2063 for nothing \u2014 nothing,\u201d\u200c Goldstein said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve\u2063 been teaching in\u2064 \u2026 overcrowded classrooms\u200c in \u200cmiserable conditions \u200dwhen we\u2064 could\u2019ve\u00a0had more teachers \u2063working. Instead, \u200cwe just have \u200bthe city\u2064 paying\u200d [money] for no reason \u200dat all. \u200bIt\u2019s ridiculous,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The basis of the \u2064ruling was\u2064 that \u200dthe \u2062exam violated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-shares-solution-ending-school-shootings-says-take-5-teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noopener\">civil rights<\/a> \u200dlaws. White candidates passed it at\u200d a far higher\u2062 rate\u200c than \u200bblack and Hispanic test-takers.<\/p>\n<p>According\u200b to the lawsuit, more than 90 percent\u200b of \u2063white candidates passed\u2063 the\u2062 exam while \u2064the \u200cpassing rate for\u200d black test-takers\u2064 was 53\u200d percent and\u200c the \u200bpassage rate \u2063for Hispanics \u2064was \u206250 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bcity\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-key-points-from-trump-campaign-press-conference-on-challenges-to-election-results\/\" title=\"9 Key Points from Trump Campaign Press Conference on Challenges to Election Results\">legal team<\/a> said \u2064it had\u2063 to give\u2062 in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver decades, \u200bwe\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minorities-who-claimed-racial-bias-after-failing-teacher-exam-get-1-8-billion-in-largest-ever-nyc-settlement\/\" title=\".8 billion settlement awarded to minorities alleging racial bias in NYC's largest-ever teacher exam case.\">challenged court rulings \u200dholding<\/a>\u200b the city \u2063liable\u2064 for\u200c a \u200cteacher\u2064 certification test created and\u200d mandated by \u2062the \u2062state,\u201d \u200dsaid \u2063Nicholas Paolucci, a spokesman for \u2062the city\u2019s Law\u2062 Department. \u200b\u201cUnfortunately, the city did\u200d not prevail \u2062against these \u2062mistaken court decisions that unfairly \u2062burden city\u200b taxpayers with\u200c costly judgments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As\u200d reported by\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/city-pay-largest-ever-settlement-nyc-teachers-affected-discriminatory-certification-tests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gothamist<\/a>, the state, which \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ny-orders-teachers-begin-keeping-big-secret-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">developed the test<\/a>, was let out of the \u2064lawsuit and any liability \u2062in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062<a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/19\/monitors-overseeing-failing-nyc-agencies-racked-up-111m-tab\/\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\" \u2062rel=\"noopener\">Post<\/a> noted that \u2062in addition to the big payday \u2064for \u2063those \u200bwho failed the test, the city\u2063 has paid out $8 million to \u200dthe \u2064special \u2063master deciding \u2062who gets \u2063what \u2064as \u200cpart \u200dof\u200b the settlement.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\"\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/minorities-claimed-racial-bias-failing-teacher-exam-get-1-8-billion-largest-ever-nyc-settlement\/\">Minorities Who\u200d Claimed Racial Bias After\u200b Failing Teacher\u200d Exam Get $1.8 Billion in Largest-Ever NYC Settlement<\/a> appeared first on <a\u200c rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u200bJournal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City compensates black and Hispanic residents who sued in 1996 over failing the state teachers&#8217; exam. The payout exceeds $1.8 billion, marking the city&#8217;s biggest legal settlement ever. The New York Post revealed this lucrative outcome, proving that failure can indeed bring substantial rewards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1974989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}