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 ...

New York is considering paying reparations to the descendants of slaves under new plans approved by the City Council. The proposals - which are aimed at acknowledging and addressing the impact of ...

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 ...

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 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 (AP) — New York City lawmakers approved legislation Thursday to study the city's significant role in slavery and consider reparations to descendants of enslaved people.

Slavery was outlawed in New York in 1827 and federally in 1865 with the 13th Amendment. Polls have shown the majority of adults are against reparations. Click here - to use the wp menu builder ...

The New York City Council’s minority leader, Joseph Borelli, did not immediately reply to a request for comment about the reparations votes Thursday. He has previously expressed opposition to the idea ...

The New York Reparations Commission met for the first time on July 30, a few months after Gov. Kathy Hochul formally announced its creation. With eight of its nine members present, the committee ...

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 ...

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 (AP) — 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 ...