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