The package of bills would follow in the footsteps of several other U.S. cities that have sought ways to address the ...

Overall, the legislation is expected to cost the city's taxpayers about $2.5 million, according to a fiscal analysis of the ...

Slavery was outlawed in New York in 1827 and federally in 1865 with the 13th Amendment. Polls have shown the majority of adults are against reparations.

The city joins a growing number of cities and states, including New York, that are taking action to examine the effects of slavery and possible reparations. By Jeffery C. Mays Almost 200 years ...

New York City lawmakers approved legislation Thursday to study the city's significant role in slavery and consider reparations to descendants of enslaved people. If signed into law, the package of ...

New York City Lawmakers Approve Bill to Study Slavery and Reparations NEW YORK (AP) — New York City lawmakers approved legislation Thursday to study the city's significant role in slavery and ...

NEW YORK CITY -- New York City lawmakers approved legislation Thursday to study the city's significant role in slavery and consider reparations to descendants of enslaved people. If signed into ...

New York City plans to work with the state, which already established its own commission on reparations remedies.

New York City lawmakers have approved legislation to study the city’s significant role in slavery and consider reparations to descendants of enslaved people NEW YORK -- New York City lawmakers ...