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 ...

A New York commission that will recommend whether to give reparations for slavery and discrimination to black residents hasn't even met yet -- but it's already sparked a among black New Yorkers ...

Democratic state Senator James Sanders Jr. speaks at New York's Capitol in 2019. He has proposed legislation to establish a slavery reparations commission in New York since 2017, and Democratic ...

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 ...

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 is to consider paying reparations to the descendants of slaves, under plans approved by the city council. The proposals still need to be signed into law by Democratic Mayor Eric Adams.

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 ...

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 ...

"Will the next mayor treat reparations as the moral and economic necessity that it is, or let this moment pass, despite the ...

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 ...

we know that new york state has a great history, but it also has a dark history. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND USE HOPE AND JOY TO REPAIR SOME OF THE HARMS THAT WE'RE CREATED.

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.