The bill cites scholars’ estimates that the US benefited from over 222 trillion hours of forced labor between 1619 and the end of slavery in 1865, “which would be valued at $97,000,000,000,000 today.” NY Post (January 18, 2024)
NY City Council proposed it. (Int. 0947-2023 and Int. 1082-2023). NY State has signed into law to setup a Reparation Commission similar to California’s.