Three Long Island fire departments that displayed the Confederate flag have now reached a settlement over alleged discrimination.

The Levittown Fire Department and Fire District is one of three Long Island fire departments that will pay fines and change policies for displaying Confederate flags on its property and ...

The state Division of Human Rights said the Levittown and Brookhaven fire departments and districts had displayed the Confederate flag on department equipment. As the state agency said ...

In a news release Monday, the agency said Brookhaven and Levittown fire departments and districts had displayed the Confederate flag, a historic symbol of the pro-slavery South, on department ...

The complaints, originally filed in 2021, alleged that the Brookhaven and Levittown Fire Departments displayed Confederate flags on department property, violating the New York State Human Rights Law.

Complaints were lodged against the Brookhaven and Levittown departments for displaying Confederate flags on fire department property, and complaints about discriminatory membership policies and ...

The complaints, filed in 2021, targeted the Brookhaven and Levittown fire districts and departments. According to DHR, a Brookhaven firefighter attached a Confederate flag to a fire truck ...

The fire departments agreed to remove all depictions of the Confederate flag from equipment and websites, and to prohibit any displays of symbols of hate. Brookhaven, Holbrook and Levittown did ...

The Brookhaven and Levittown fire districts also agreed to never display the Confederate flag ever again. Brookhaven NAACP President Dr. Georgette Grier-Key says the settlement is a step in the ...