The package of bills would follow in the footsteps of several other U.S. cities that have sought ways to address the ...

New York City is one step closer to conducting its own study into the effects of slavery and possible reparations after the ...

New York's City Council voted Thursday to launch a reparations task force, which could lead to calls for billions of dollars ...

Instead of healing racial tensions, it threatens to raise false expectations of big payouts and provoke resentments.

Overall, the legislation is expected to cost the city's taxpayers about $2.5 million, according to a fiscal analysis of the ...

Americans agree that slavery and Jim Crow were abhorrent parts of our nation’s past, but reparations won’t heal racial tensions.

Legislators in New York City have sent a bill creating a study of reparations to Mayor Eric Adams, Adams has signaled his ...

New York City lawmakers approved legislation Thursday to study the city's significant role in slavery and consider reparations to descendants of enslaved people. If signed into law, the package of ...

During an interview with NABJ and WHYY, Harris talked about race more extensively than she had since emerging as a ...

The New York City Council on Thursday passed a package of bills addressing the legacy and impact of slavery in the city, ...

Today, Linda Tigani, Chair and Executive Director of the Commission on Racial Equity (CORE) released the following statement ...