New York's City Council voted Thursday to launch a reparations task force, which could lead to calls for billions of dollars ...

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

New York City is one step closer to conducting its own study into the effects of slavery and possible reparations after the ...

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

Legislators in New York City have sent a bill creating a study of reparations to Mayor Eric Adams, Adams has signaled his ...

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 ...

Instead of healing racial tensions, it threatens to raise false expectations of big payouts and provoke resentments.

New York City could soon become the largest city to enact reparations. What are reparations, and what does this mean for New ...

Americans agree that slavery and Jim Crow were abhorrent parts of our nation’s past, but reparations won’t heal racial tensions.

The New York City Council on Thursday passed a package of bills addressing the legacy and impact of slavery in the city, ...

NEW YORK ( WCBS) -- New York City Council members passed legislation Thursday aimed at acknowledging, studying and addressing ...

New York is considering paying reparations to the descendants of slaves under new plans approved by the City Council.