NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams expressed support Thursday for an effort in Albany to lay the groundwork for Black New Yorkers to receive reparations for slavery — saying specific attention should be paid to still-existing companies that benefited from slave labor.
“We need to zero in on some of those corporations and companies that the foundation of their wealth came from slavery,” Adams said, without naming names. “This is long overdue and something I supported for many years.”
Adams’ comments come amid a renewed push for legislation that would create a reparations study commission in the Empire State, similar to a statewide panel established in California in 2020.
