Race has been a recent hot topic in Pittsfield City Hall, particularly around the city’s hiring practices. The resurrected local chapter of the NAACP claims that open city positions have not been widely posted among minority communities.
Reporter Gabrielle Gurley wrote about Pittsfield’s hiring practices in the current issue of CommonWealth Magazine. She speaks here about whether the racial and ethnic make up of city hall could actually change in Pittsfield, where minorities make up nearly 15 percent of the population, but fill just five percent of city jobs.