More than 100 people gathered in Co-op City on April 10 for a passionate four-hour discussion on reparations and how New York might begin to address the lasting legacy of slavery.
The nine scholars and religious and community leaders who make up the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies (CCRR), established in 2023, heard from 32 residents from across New York City as they testified to their lived experiences and ideas for helping repair the loss of wealth and property and psychological trauma that still impacts Black communities today.
