Elected officials announce appoints to Reparations & Racial Justice Commission
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Gov. Kathy Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Carl Heastie announce their appointments to the Community Commission on Reparations Remedies.
The Commission, formed through legislation signed in December 2023, acknowledges the horrific injustice of slavery and is tasked with examining the legacy of slavery, subsequent discrimination against people of African descent, and the impact these forces continue to have in the present day.
As Americans, we have a solemn responsibility to reckon with our history and that includes understanding the painful legacy of slavery in New York,” Hochul said. “We have assembled an extraordinary group of highly-qualified individuals to serve on the new Commission, and will review their final recommendations.”
Appointments to the commission include, CEO and Executive Director of FPWA, Jennifer Jones Austin, Department of Civil Service Commisioner and President of the Civil Service Commission, Timothy R. Hogues, Immediate Past President of the Syracuse Onondaga NAACP, Linda Brown-Robinson, The New School professor, Dr. Darrick Hamilton, author and historian, Linda Tarrant-Reid, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Urban League of Rochester, Seanelle Hawkins, Founder and President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), Dr. Ron Daniels, Executive Director at the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College, Lurie Daniel Favors, Esq and Founding Pastor of Faith @Work Christian Church, Rev. Dr. Deborah D. Jenkins
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