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

The New York City Council passed several pieces of legislation on Thursday, one of which would create a task force ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 is one step closer to conducting its own study into the effects of slavery and possible reparations after the city council passed legislation on Thursday. In recent years ...

New York City lawmakers passed legislation to establish a task force to study reparations, a model for the rest of the country.

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