Voters Deserve To Know If Harris Will Back Democrats Pushing for Race-Based Reparations

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

Office of the Governor via AP
Governor Hochul, seated center, holds a bill she signed on December 19, 2023, to create a commission tasked with considering reparations for slavery. Office of the Governor via AP

New York’s City Council voted Thursday to launch a reparations task force, which could lead to calls for billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded payouts to compensate for the impact of slavery and past injustices.

Gotham joins dozens of municipalities, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Evanston, Illinois, as well as three states — California, Illinois, and most recently New York state — in considering race-based reparations.

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