June 19, 2019; Washington, DC, U.S.A; Members of the New Black Panther Party gathered in the hallway outside a hearing on reparations for slavery in front of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties on June 19, 2019 in Washington. The hearing coincides with Juneteenth, a holiday that marks the date that Texas abolished slavery in 1865. Mandatory Credit: Hannah Gaber-USA TODAY
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(New York, NY) — The City Council will likely push through legislation today that would pay for a study that addresses what the impact of slavery was on New York City, and if reparations should be paid out to ancestors of slaves. The bill is similar to legislation that state lawmakers passed in Albany.
If the bill passes, the NYC Commission on Racial Equity, and the Mayor’s Office of Equity and Racial Justice would lead the study on the impact of slavery in New York City. There are more than a dozen other cities across the country that are also studying the idea of reparations payouts.
