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This new commission is charged by the New York State Legislature and Governor to investigate the institution of slavery, racial and economic discrimination against people of African descent, and its impact of people living today of African descent.
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill on Tuesday (Dec. 19) to create a commission to examine possible reparations for Black New Yorkers.
Gov. Hochul is expected to sign legislation creating a commission for the study of reparations in New York, according to the bill’s sponsors. The Tuesday move would come six months after state lawmakers passed the bill and three years after California became the first state to create a reparations task force. The New York bill calls for a nine-member commission that would study the effects of ...
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law Tuesday to create the country's second statewide commission to study the possibility of reparations for people of African descent, due to the
Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill on Tuesday (December 19) to create a commission to examine possible reparations for Black New Yorkers.