Council Member Nantasha Williams introduced a resolution supporting a bill aimed at shedding light on the relationship between businesses’ potential historic financial ties to the centuries-long period of enslavement in the United States.
Williams, who represents Council District 27 in southeast Queens, has introduced a resolution that supports Senator James Sanders Jr’s bill, S7738, which is currently under review in the New York State Legislature. The bill, known as the New York Slavery Era Business and State Procurement Disclosure Act, aims to address the impacts of slavery in the U.S. and the implications it could have on influencing current societal and business practices.
