REPARATIONS NOW!

New York State Reparations Bill

1. An act to acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the city of New York and the state of New York;
2. To establish the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies, to examine the institution of slavery, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans and to make determinations regarding compensation;

This bill is only to set up a commission of community experts to study what reparations solutions should be in NYC and NYS. This bill needs to pass the New York State Legislature which consists of the New York State Assembly (Bill A9435) and the New York State Senate (Bill S02416).

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Q: What is Reparations?
A: Reparations is a debt owed.

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Our initial tasks:

1. Enter your address to find your NYS Assemblyperson at https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/search/
2. Call your Assemblyperson and ask them to Cosponsor NYS Assembly Bill A9435, the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies.

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