New York would create a commission to consider reparations to address the lingering, negative effects of slavery under a bill passed by the state Legislature.
. While the state Legislature enacted a statute that gave freedom to enslaved Africans in New York in 1817, it wasn’t implemented until 10 years later.— Republican state Assemblymember Andy Gooddell
The commission would be required to deliver a report one year after their first meeting. Their recommendations, which could potentially include monetary compensation for Black people, would be non-binding. The legislature would not be required to take the recommendations up for a vote. Other state legislatures that have considered studying reparations include New Jersey and Vermont, but none have yet passed legislation. A Chicago suburb in Evanston, Illinois, became theOn the federal level, a decades-old proposal to create a commission studying reparations has stalled in Congress.
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