AN FDNY BREAKTHROUGH
      Mayor Bloomberg and Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta were understandably elated by the results of the recent written test for Firefighter. Minority test-takers comprised 38 percent of those who passed the exam; more importantly, they made up 33 percent of those who were among the top 4,000 scorers and therefore most likely to be appointed from the list.
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RUDY LIVED LARGE ON CITY TAB
      The revelation last week that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani disguised tens of thousands of dollars in security spending connected to his having an affair with the woman he later married by assigning the expenses to obscure city agencies raised questions as well as eyebrows.
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