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New York Reparations Commission Hears Calls for Cash Payments

Some Black New Yorkers urged direct payments as the state commission weighed compensation for slavery and other racial injustices.

  • Black New Yorkers at a state commission hearing demanded cash reparations for slavery and racial injustices, calling payments essential for true justice.
  • Governor Kathy Hochul signed a 2023 bill creating the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies to study slavery's impact and potential reparations options,.
  • Advocates argued that reparations eligibility should be limited to descendants of enslaved people rather than all Black immigrants,.
  • Other cities such as Evanston and San Francisco have enacted or proposed reparations programs, though New York's commission is still studying options with no payments approved yet,.
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