The debate on reparations in America intensifies
New York’s City Council is set to vote Thursday to authorize a controversial a taskforce to study reparations for Black residents — a move that could lead to a call for billions in tax payer spending, as it has in other cities.
“If they can introduce me to one New Yorker who owned a slave I’d be happy to consider it. But until then, I am not paying a dime as a reparation for a harm I did not cause, nor condone, nor once participated in.”Haitian migrants eating pets? Here's the even more serious story about immigrants in Springfield, Ohio
Councilmember Farah Louis , the main sponsor of New York City’s reparations bill, did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.A member of Mayor Eric Adams administration said the administration supported the “spirit and intent” of a similar reparations bills that did not pass last year.A member of Adams’ administration testified about another reparations bill last fall that did not pass city council.
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