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 ...

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 ...

California's reparations task force faces July 1 deadline to submit recommendations 06:51. Albany, N.Y. — - New York would create a commission to consider reparations to address the lingering ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Today, December 13, marks an important, yet sobering, moment in New York history: it’s the day the New York City Council passed a law to create the city’s first slave market. By the time the Council ...

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 ...

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.