New York may be poised to study the generational impacts of slavery through a new commission to consider reparations for Black residents. State lawmakers passed legislation Thursday that would ...

New York became the second state to consider reparations after California, where economists estimated reparations could cost more than $800 billion. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

New York will undertake an ambitious effort to address the state’s history of slavery and racism, establishing the United States’ third statewide task force to examine whether reparations can ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state will create a commission tasked with considering reparations to address the persistent, harmful effects of slavery in the state, under a bill signed into law by Gov ...

New York is the latest city to study reparations. Tulsa, Oklahoma, where a notorious massacre of Black residents took place in 1921, announced a similar commission last month.

— New York state will create a commission tasked with considering reparations to address the persistent, harmful effects of slavery in the state, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy ...

The New York City Council has joined its San Francisco counterpart in proposing potential financial reparations for the descendants of enslaved Americans. The year-long, $1.5 million task force ...

New York's Commission on Racial Equity would then suggest remedies to the legacy of slavery - including some reparations. However, Mayor of the city, Eric Adams still needs to sign the proposals ...

New York City Council members passed legislation Thursday aimed at acknowledging, ... "I want reparations in my lifetime," 94-year-old Crown Heights resident Ammiebelle Bush Olatunji said at City ...

Reparations backers have signaled that they hope New York can lead the country towards a ‘mass movement of reparations.’ Governor Hochul signs a bill December 19, 2023, for New York state to create a ...

Trevor Smith, a young organizer with New Yorkers for Reparations and co-founder of The BLIS Collective, is at the forefront of the grassroots effort to build public support for reparations and for New ...

The city joins a growing number of cities and states, including New York, that are taking action to examine the effects of slavery and possible reparations. By Jeffery C. Mays Almost 200 years ...