{"id":1385,"date":"2024-02-22T17:12:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T17:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2025-03-13T20:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:04:17","slug":"council-member-louis-speaks-on-panel-discussing-roadmap-to-reparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/2024\/02\/22\/council-member-louis-speaks-on-panel-discussing-roadmap-to-reparations\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Member Louis Speaks on Panel Discussing Roadmap to Reparations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In June 2023, Brooklyn Councilmember Farah Louis&#8230;introduced a reparations task force bill (<a href=\"https:\/\/legistar.council.nyc.gov\/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6252788&amp;GUID=553AC0D9-294B-4EFB-A9FD-07727C74AB0D&amp;Options=ID%7CText%7C&amp;Search=reparations\">Intro 1082<\/a>) that was partially withdrawn, edited, and reintroduced. Louis\u2019s office said the bill is still active and will be introduced again this year as a package with similar bills on the books. During a reparations session at the annual\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nysabprlinc.org\/\">New York State Association of Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic &amp; Asian Legislators<\/a>\u00a0(NYSABPRHAL) caucus in Albany, Louis spoke about how \u201cdifficult\u201d the journey has been to an auditorium of attendees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy that we\u2019re having this conversation and I look forward to seeing the commission on the state side, as well as the city side, move forward so we can accomplish the goal,\u201d <strong>said Council Member Louis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read more on City and State (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityandstateny.com\/policy\/2024\/02\/lawmakers-start-community-conversation-ahead-reparations-commission-formation\/394277\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cityandstateny.com\/policy\/2024\/02\/lawmakers-start-community-conversation-ahead-reparations-commission-formation\/394277\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>link<\/strong><\/a>) and Amsterdam News (<a href=\"https:\/\/amsterdamnews.com\/news\/2024\/02\/22\/40-acres-and-a-mule-the-state-of-reparations-today\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/amsterdamnews.com\/news\/2024\/02\/22\/40-acres-and-a-mule-the-state-of-reparations-today\/\"><strong>link<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In June 2023, Brooklyn Councilmember Farah Louis&#8230;introduced a reparations task force bill (<a href=\"https:\/\/legistar.council.nyc.gov\/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6252788&amp;GUID=553AC0D9-294B-4EFB-A9FD-07727C74AB0D&amp;Options=ID%7CText%7C&amp;Search=reparations\">Intro 1082<\/a>) that was partially withdrawn, edited, and reintroduced. Louis\u2019s office said the bill is still active and will be introduced again this year as a package with similar bills on the books. During a reparations session at the annual\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nysabprlinc.org\/\">New York State Association of Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic &amp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/2024\/02\/22\/council-member-louis-speaks-on-panel-discussing-roadmap-to-reparations\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}