About

New Yorkers for Reparations is a 100+ member grassroots coalition growing the movement for Black reparations in New York and working to ensure that the recommendations that come out of the New York State Community Reparations Commission turn into policy.

Vision

Reparations are how we create a New York and future where freedom is for all. New York’s history is entwined with the history of slavery and its legacies, and they continue to order our state today. Reparations are the only way to address the magnitude of damage that has been done, stop the harm that continues to unfold, and create a multi-racial democracy in New York with equality for Black New Yorkers and freedom for all.

Beliefs

  • We believe in creating a culture of repair and are committed to a principled struggle. 

  • We believe reparations are how we create a New York and a future where freedom is for all. 

  • We believe in moving the public and being action-oriented. 

  • We believe in standing shoulder to shoulder with anyone committed to the liberation of Black people. 

  • We believe reparations are a comprehensive solution commensurate to the harm caused.

Steering Committee

Organizational Coalition Members

Drug Policy Alliance 

Reparations Education Project

Wingseed LLC 

Neighborhood Defender Services

NY Working Families Party

Common Justice 

SURJ 

SURJ NYC

Anti-Negro Defamation League  

Coalition for Homeless Youth 

American Constitution Society 

Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative

Black Jewish Liberation Collective

Center for Reproductive Rights 

Middle Collegiate Church  

LIFT Economy 

Equal Justice Society

Irish for Racial Justice 

Brooklyn Level Up 

Paying Reparations Now

Democrats Abroad 

Individual Coalition Members

Sloane Kali Faye

Ryan Williams 

Maya Iwata

Leah Allen 

Nancy Mills 

Kahlil Shepard

Jennie Goldfarb

Jillian Camera

Brett Davidson

Robert Smith III

Elana Needle

William Botchway

Macky Alston

Sloane Kali Faye

Antar Keith

Emily Fascilla

Catherine Mbali Green-Johnson 

Yedidah T. Yehudah

LaMonica Richard

Bright Limm

Ryan Williams

Dara Lurie

Kenny Nguyen

Damaso Reyes

Zac Johnson

David Wheaton

Tanvier Peart

Jennifer Hadlock

Rashid Littlejohn 

Lauren Galloway

Akina Younge

Taonga Leslie

Jacob Salomon

Kelsey Lyles

Cynthia Olson

Courtland Hankins

Brandon Nase

Shoshana Brown

James Rodges Powell

Benita Miller

Kesi Foster

L. Simone Washington 

Marco Torres

Autumn Leonard

Kristin Bebelaar

Shelley Messing

Benjamin Cramer

Shawn Berry

Nathan Lee

Denise Moore

Anna Polovick Waggy

Paul Tremblay

Chirlie Felix

Amalee Beattie

Nita Watson

Kash Gaines

Maya Iwata

Michael Brady

Ernst J Pierre

Elise Goldin

Claire Mooney

Elizabeth Speck

Tommy Keough

Leah Allen

Nancy Mills

Khaldun Omorede

Imani Worthy 

Jacques David

Mahima Golani

Kahlil Shepard

Martha Swan

Kate Cardona

Grace Nam

Rachel Goodfriend

Kim Irwin

Jimmy.Fleming

Day 

Odell Winfield 

Bernell Grier

Charlisa Goodlet 

KIng Tremaine

Alexandra Shoneyin

Nancy Shapiro

Charlie Le Grice

Randi Berry

Angelos Giotis

Joel Goza

Tani Gurkova

Ibrahim Ayu

Kenneth Snyder 

Jennie Goldfarb

Jillian Camera

Brett Davidson

Robert Smith III

Elana Needle

William Botchway

Macky Alston

Sloane Kali Faye

Antar Keith

Emily Fascilla

Catherine Mbali Green-Johnson

Yedidah Yehudah

LaMonica Richard

Bright Limm

Ryan Williams

Dara Lurie

Kenny Nguyen

Damaso Reyes

Zac Johnson

David Wheaton

Tanvier Peart

Jennifer Hadlock

Rashid Littlejohn

Lauren Galloway

Akina Younge

Toanga Leslie

Jacob Salomon

Kelsey Lyles

Cynthia Olsen

Courtland Hankins

Brandon Nase

Shoshana Brown

James Rodges Powell

Benita Miller

Kesi Foster

L. Simone Washington

Marco Torres

Daniel Stein

Emily Akpan

Jennie Goldfarb

Marvin Holland

Nkechi Taifa

Taonga Leslie

Laura Harding

Sloane Kali Faye

Jennifer Hadlock

Linda Mann

Dr Jackie Cody

Ivy Nicole

Martin Tyler

Ryan Williams

Tiana Stowers Pearson

Nicole Carty

Jean-Pierre Brutus

Tahirih Anthony

Tanvier Peart

Karen Wharton

Akina Younge

Kenniss Henry

Kira Shepherd

Debbie-Ann Paige

Rashid Littlejohn

Dreisen Heath

Heather McGhee

MarieNdiaye

Marketa Mccants

Tyrone Mccants

Jawanza Williams (He, Him) | VOCAL-NY

Gerry Johnson

Eesha Pandit

David Wheaton

Abigail Wolf

idris brewster

Seth Laxman

Richard Brookshire

bria nelson

Liz Manne

Brett Davidson

Ciele Gladstein

JJ Briscoe

Amy Pinilla

David Raglsnd

Courtland Hankins

Anthony Torres

Roger Wareham

Kaitlyn Kennedy

Omowale Clay

dara lurie

Lorne Runnels

Leon Dixon

Lanessa Owens-Chaplin

Aria Florant

Yul Anderson

Kevin Thomas

La Kisha Latham

Crystal Smith

Trevor Smith

Enith Williams

Toni Smith

Yusuf Abdul-Qadir