New York to set up commission to consider slavery reparations

New York Governor Kathy Hochul addresses the media during a press conference in New York (Yuki Iwamura/AP)

New York state will create a commission tasked with considering reparations to address the persistent, harmful effects of slavery in the state, under a Bill signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday.

“In New York, we like to think we’re on the right side of this. Slavery was a product of the South, the Confederacy,” said Ms Hochul at the Bill-signing ceremony in New York City.