{"id":1449,"date":"2024-09-11T15:48:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T15:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/?p=1449"},"modified":"2025-03-13T20:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:04:17","slug":"council-member-louis-has-groundbreaking-reparations-legislation-passed-by-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/2024\/09\/11\/council-member-louis-has-groundbreaking-reparations-legislation-passed-by-city-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Member Louis Has Groundbreaking Reparations Legislation Passed by City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;City lawmakers are poised to pass legislation this week greenlighting a study on the legacy of slavery in New York City, including possible payment of monetary and non-monetary reparations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;For some advocates, passage of the bill would be groundbreaking development in a decadeslong battle for racial justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more on Gothamist (<a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/nyc-lawmakers-expected-to-back-slavery-legacy-and-reparations-study\"><strong>link<\/strong><\/a>), the New York Times (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/12\/nyregion\/reparations-slavery-nyc.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/12\/nyregion\/reparations-slavery-nyc.html\"><strong>link<\/strong><\/a>), Amsterdam News (<a href=\"https:\/\/amsterdamnews.com\/news\/2024\/09\/19\/nyc-council-oks-reparations-study-racial-injustice-bill-package\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/amsterdamnews.com\/news\/2024\/09\/19\/nyc-council-oks-reparations-study-racial-injustice-bill-package\/\"><strong>link<\/strong><\/a>), NY1 (<a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/politics\/2024\/09\/13\/bill-passed-for-task-force-to-look-into-slavery-reparations\"><strong>link<\/strong><\/a>), PIX11 (<a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/reparations-study-approved-by-city-council\/\"><strong>link<\/strong><\/a>), and the Associated Press (<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/new-york-reparations-study-slavery-5a9a707552b782c25df1ab2375bc6be8\"><strong>link<\/strong><\/a>). Watch more on CBS News (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/new-york-city-council-reparations-bill\/\"><strong>link<\/strong><\/a>) and her interview on PIX11 (<a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/video\/city-council-expected-to-vote-on-reparations-bill\/10035779\/\"><strong>link<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;City lawmakers are poised to pass legislation this week greenlighting a study on the legacy of slavery in New York City, including possible payment of monetary and non-monetary reparations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For some advocates, passage of the bill would be groundbreaking development in a decadeslong battle for racial justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more on Gothamist (<a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/nyc-lawmakers-expected-to-back-slavery-legacy-and-reparations-study\"><strong>link<\/strong><\/a>), the New York Times (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/12\/nyregion\/reparations-slavery-nyc.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/12\/nyregion\/reparations-slavery-nyc.html\"><strong>link<\/strong><\/a>), Amsterdam News (<a href=\"https:\/\/amsterdamnews.com\/news\/2024\/09\/19\/nyc-council-oks-reparations-study-racial-injustice-bill-package\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/amsterdamnews.com\/news\/2024\/09\/19\/nyc-council-oks-reparations-study-racial-injustice-bill-package\/\"><strong>link<\/strong><\/a>), NY1 (<a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/politics\/2024\/09\/13\/bill-passed-for-task-force-to-look-into-slavery-reparations\"><strong>link<\/strong><\/a>), PIX11 (<a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/reparations-study-approved-by-city-council\/\"><strong>link<\/strong><\/a>), and the Associated Press (<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/new-york-reparations-study-slavery-5a9a707552b782c25df1ab2375bc6be8\"><strong>link<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/2024\/09\/11\/council-member-louis-has-groundbreaking-reparations-legislation-passed-by-city-council\/\">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-1449","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\/1449","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=1449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}