NEW YORK - New York City Council members passed legislation Thursday aimed at acknowledging, studying and addressing the impact of slavery and racial injustices in New York City, including a bill ...

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 ...

New York City considering paying reparations for slavery. ... New York City had one of the highest rates if slave ownership in the country during the 1700s, before abolishing it in 1872.

In New York City alone, well over 500,000 people are Afro-Caribbean or African immigrants — more than 25% of the black population, ... new york reparations 3/10/24; ...

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 Gov. Kathy Hochul, seated center, signed a bill Tuesday to create a commission that will study reparations and the persistent, harmful effects of slavery in the state.

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 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 ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Tuesday to create a new commission to study reparations and racial justice.. The state commission will be tasked with examining the legacy of slavery ...

NYC Council passes bill to study reparations 02:10. NEW YORK - New York City Council members passed legislation Thursday aimed at acknowledging, studying and addressing the impact of slavery and ...

The city’s mayor, London Breed, who is Black, has not committed to cash reparations and her office has indicated that the federal government is better suited to handle reparations. New York has ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, seated center, signed a bill Tuesday to create a commission that will study reparations and the persistent, harmful effects of slavery in the state.