New York City to Study Reparations for Descendants of Enslaved …
网页2024年9月12日 · Almost 200 years after slavery officially ended in New York, the City Council passed legislation on Thursday authorizing a commission to study the devastating effects of human bondage and to...
New York City lawmakers approve bill to study slavery and reparations
网页2024年9月12日 · 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.
Democratic-controlled New York City Council passes slavery reparations …
网页New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill in December that created a statewide commission to review reparations, and city councilors said the yet-to-be-created task force will work with the new ...
Bill passed for task force to look into slavery reparations
网页2024年9月13日 · The reparations study would document the harms of slavery and its legacies in the city, identify associated rights violations and recommend potential legal, policy and other measures to help remedy...
City Council passes landmark legislation to acknowledge and …
网页2024年9月13日 · The New York City Council on Thursday passed a package of bills addressing the legacy and impact of slavery in the city, aiming to advance racial justice for millions of New Yorkers of African descent. Shortly before the vote, a coalition of elected officials, community leaders, and advocates gathered on the steps of City…
New York City Lawmakers Approve Bill to Study Slavery and Reparations
网页2024年9月12日 · 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 .
City Council passes landmark legislation to acknowledge and …
网页2024年9月13日 · Slavery is often associated with the South, but in the 1700s, New York City had one of the highest rates of slave ownership in the country. A slave market operated on Wall Street — built by enslaved people — between Pearl and Water streets from 1711 to 1762. Although New York abolished slavery in 1827, Wall Street continued to profit from the illegal international trade of enslaved ...
Council Member Louis Has Groundbreaking Reparations …
网页2024年9月11日 · Council Member Louis Has Groundbreaking Reparations Legislation Passed by City Council. September 11, 2024. “City lawmakers are poised to pass legislation this week greenlighting a study on the legacy of slavery in New York City, including possible payment of monetary and non-monetary reparations.”
NYC council passes slavery reparations legislation to 'yield ... - MSN
网页New York City will soon be the largest city in the United States to enact a reparations program.. Councilmembers Crystal Hudson and Farah Louis sponsored a pair of bills to establish a Truth ...
New York will set up a commission to consider reparations for …
网页2023年12月19日 · ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — 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 Hochul on Tuesday.
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