 At that time, just three percent of the department’s 11,000 firefighters were black and 4.5 percent were Hispanic despite the fact that over half the population of New York City was black or Hispanic.On October 5, 2011, Garaufis ruled that a court-appointed monitor would be installed to oversee the New York City Fire Department’s efforts to hire and retain more minorities.While the ruling did not impose racial quotas, it explained that a systemic effort by the Fire Department was required.