New York state will establish a committee to study the provision of reparations to descendants of enslaved New Yorkers under legislation that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law Tuesday.
The newly created “New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies” will be charged with studying the institution of slavery in the Empire State, which existed until 1827, its subsequent impacts on African American New Yorkers and figure out the best way to rectify those impacts for living descendants of enslaved people. The nine member commission will be comprised of picks by the governor, state Senate majority leader and Assembly speaker — who will each get three appointments.
