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NY A09435
Bill
Status
6/3/2022
Primary Sponsor
Michaelle Solages
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AI Summary
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Establishes the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies to examine slavery in New York and subsequent racial discrimination against African-Americans and their descendants.
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Requires the 11-member commission to examine slavery's history in New York, federal and state laws supporting slavery, discriminatory laws and practices since the Civil War, and lingering effects on living African-Americans.
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Directs the commission to recommend appropriate remedies including determining the form, amount, and eligibility criteria for compensation.
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Commission members shall be appointed within 90 days by the governor, legislative leaders, and three designated reparations organizations; must submit written findings and recommendations to legislative leaders and governor within one year of first meeting.
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Commission terminates 90 days after submitting its report; the act expires and repeals 90 days after the commission submits its report.
Legislative Description
Relates to acknowledging the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the city of New York and the state of New York; establishes 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, the impact of these forces on living African-Americans and to make recommendations on appropriate remedies; provides for the repeal of such provisions.
Last Action
REFERRED TO RULES
6/3/2022