'Reparations, Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation Network' Gets $500K From NYC Racial Equity Commission Amid City Budget Crisis
New York City's Commission on Racial Equity is allocating $500,000 to community groups for participation in a Reparations, Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation Network, which aims to develop a reparations study and a citywide reconciliation plan. The funding comes as Mayor Zohran Mamdani seeks to address a $5.5 billion budget deficit through proposed tax increases despite ongoing spending on equity initiatives. The projects are mandated by 2024 city laws and are expected to conclude with final reports in 2027 and 2028.
- ▪The Commission on Racial Equity awarded $500,000 to 26 community groups to gather input and testimony for a reparations study and a Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation Plan.
- ▪Thirteen organizations will receive up to $20,000 each to host community conversations on reparations, while another 13 will receive up to $17,500 each for reconciliation planning.
- ▪The initiatives are required by Local Laws 91 and 92, passed in 2024, which mandate studies on slavery's legacy and city actions toward reparative measures.
- ▪Mayor Zohran Mamdani proposed a $4.6 million annual budget for the Commission on Racial Equity, part of a larger $10.2 million allocation for racial equity offices, up from $7.2 million the previous year.
- ▪The final reparations study is scheduled for release in July 2027, and the implementation of the reconciliation plan is set for June 2028.
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Democrats 'Reparations, Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation Network' Gets $500K From NYC Racial Equity Commission Amid City Budget Crisis Mayor Zohran Mamdani proposed a $4.6 million budget for the commission as he faces a multibillion-dollar deficit Zohran Mamdani (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Peter Hasson May 1, 2026 image/svg+xml .st0{fill:none;stroke:#384f61;stroke-width:2;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;} .st1{fill:none;stroke:#384f61;stroke-width:2;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;} New York City's Commission on Racial Equity is shelling out $500,000 to "community groups" to "participate in a Reparations, Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation Network" that will help produce a study on reparations for black New Yorkers as well as a "Citywide…
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