New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Past Meetings

December 9, 2025 - Public Hearing
Theme: "The War on Drugs: Racially Discriminatory Criminal Justice Policies and Practices"
Time: 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: The Carol L. Crooms BECA Center 1105 Park Ave, Utica, NY
Attending: Dr. Seanelle Hawkins, Dr. Ron Daniels, Timothy Hogues, Linda Brown-Robinson
Video Recording: Watch the December 9, 2025 Meeting
Meeting Materials:
December 9, 2025 Agenda
Press Release

October 28, 2025 - Public Hearing
Theme: “Gentrification and Redlining: Past, Present, and Pathways to Repair”
Time: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Bethany Baptist Church, 460 Marcus Garvey Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11216
Video Recording: Watch October 28, 2025 Meeting
Meeting Materials:
October 28, 2025 Agenda
Press Release

October 24, 2025 - New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Business Meeting (only)
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Locations:
Rochester, NY - Neighborhood Hub, 1st Floor, Auditorium - 616 N. Goodman St, Rochester, NY 14609
New York, NY - FPWA Conference Center - 40 Broad St, New York, NY 10004
Video Recording: Watch October 24, 2025 Meeting
Meeting Materials:
October 24, 2025 Agenda
Meeting Minutes
Resolutions:
Vice Chair Voting Requirements
Public Comment Policy
Resolution to Adopt Framework of UN Definition of Reparations
Videoconferencing Resolution

September 18, 2025 - New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Public Hearing
Time: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Ithaca Downtown Conference Center, 1st FL Meeting RM 116 E, Green St Ithaca, NY 14850
Video Recording: Watch September 18, 2025 Meeting
Meeting Materials:
September 18, 2025 Agenda
September 18, 2025 Press Release

September 9, 2025 - New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Public Hearing
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Virtual
September 9, 2025 Meeting Agenda
Video Recording: Watch the September 9, 2025 Meeting

August 1, 2025: New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Public Hearing
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Locations:

• Brooklyn Public Library, 286 Cadman Plaza W, Brooklyn, 11201
• Onondaga Community College, Main Campus, Coulter Library Community Room C 116, 4585 West Seneca Turnpike, Syracuse, NY 13215

Video Recording: Watch the August 1, 2025 Meeting
Meeting Materials
Press Release
August 1, 2025 Meeting Agenda
August 1, 2025 Business Meeting Minutes
Draft Resolutions:
Videoconferencing
Written Procedures for Videoconferencing
Public Comment Policy
Super Majority Voting Requirement
UN Framework of Reparations

July 24, 2025: New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Public Hearing, Virtual
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Virtual
Video Recording: Watch the July 24, 2025 Meeting
July 24, 2025 Meeting Agenda

June 26, 2025: New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Public Hearing, Virtual
Time: 11 AM - 1 PM EST
Location: Virtual
Video Recording: Watch the June 26, 2025 Meeting
Presentation: Dr. Ned Benton: Northeast Slavery Records Index

June 11, 2025: New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Public Hearing
Time: 4 PM - 8 PM EST
Location: The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Langston Hughes Auditorium, 515 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10037
Video Recording: Watch the June 11, 2025 Meeting
Presentation: Drs. Ned Benton and Judy-Lynne Peters: Northeast Slavery Records Index
Poetry reading: Poet David Mills, "Which, Too/Split Flash: Break"
Meeting Materials:
Press Release

May 28, 2025: New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Public Hearing, Virtual
Time: 10 AM - 12 PM EST
Location: Virtual
Video Recording: Watch the May 28, 2025 Meeting
Presentation: Brea Baker - ROOTED: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership
Meeting Materials:
Press Release

May 6, 2025: New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Public Hearing
Time: 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: Campus Center Building, Recital Hall, 223 Store Hill Road, Old Westbury NY, 11568
Parking: Campus Center Parking Lot
Video Recording: Watch the May 6, 2025 Meeting
Meeting Materials
Press Release
May 6, 2025 Meeting Agenda
Watch a Recording of the May 6, 2025 Public Hearing
Presentations
Brea Baker - ROOTED: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership
Dr. Calvin Schermerhorn - Black New Yorkers and a History of Dispossession, Disinheritance & Decapitalization

April 10, 2025: New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Public Hearing and Business Meeting
Time: 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: Dreiser Community Center, 177 Dreiser Loop, 2nd Floor, Auditoriums B and C, Bronx, NY 10475
Video Recording: Watch the April 10, 2025 Meeting
Meeting Materials
Press Release
April 10, 2025 Meeting Agenda
Meeting Minutes
Reading Materials:
"From Affirmative Action to Reparations"
"No Innocence Here"
Presentation: Dr. Mark Naison, Obstacles to Black Wealth Acquisition North and South in the 20th Century: A Presentation to New York State Reparations Commission
Presentation: Professor Susan Watson-Turner, Bronx Slave Market

March 4, 2025: New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Business Meeting and Public Hearing
Time: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM (Business Meeting); 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM (Public Hearing)
Location: Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave., Rochester, NY 14607
Video Recording: Watch the March 4, 2025 meeting
Meeting Materials
Rochester Public Meeting Press Release
March 4, 2025 Meeting Agenda
March 4, 2025 Commission Conversation
Meeting Minutes
Presentation: Dr. David Hochfelder, Associate Professor & Undergraduate Director, Department of History at University of Albany, on the topic of urban renewal
Presentation: Our Local History, on enslavement, redlining, and beyond

February 15, 2025: New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Public Hearing
Time: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Location: Renaissance Hotel Albany, 144 State Street, Albany, NY 12207
Video Recording: Watch the Feb. 15, 2025 meeting
Meeting Materials
Presentation - Overview of the Institution of Slavery, Lavada Nahon, New York State Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation
February 15, 2025 Meeting Agenda
February 15, 2025 Business Meeting Minutes

December 16, 2024: New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Business Meeting and Public Hearing
Location: Rochdale Ballroom, 169-65 137th Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11434
Video Recording: Watch the December 16, 2024 meeting
Meeting Materials
December 16, 2024 Meeting Agenda
December 16, 2024 Business Meeting Minutes

November 12, 2024: New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Public Hearing
Location: Elim Christian Fellowship Church, 70 Chalmers Avenue, Buffalo, NY
Video Recording: Watch the November 12, 2024 meeting
Meeting Materials
November 12, 2024 Meeting Agenda
November 12, 2024 Business Meeting Minutes

October 1, 2024: New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Business Meeting
Locations:
Remington Boys & Girls Club, 1 Remington Place, New Rochelle, NY 10801
Onondaga Community College, Coulter Hall, Room 116, 4585 W. Seneca Turnpike, Syracuse, NY 13215
Video Recording: Watch the October 1, 2024 meeting
Meeting Materials
October 1, 2024 Meeting Agenda
October 1, 2024 Business Meeting Minutes
New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Procedures for Member Videoconferencing Resolution
New York State Community Commission on Reparations Public Comment Policy
Introduction to the Commission Presentation Slides

August 27, 2024: New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Public Meeting
Location: Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 6, North Concourse, Albany, NY 12227
Video Recording: Watch the August 27, 2024 meeting
Meeting Materials
August 27, 2024 Meeting Agenda
August 27, 2024 Business Meeting Minutes
Draft Procedures on Member Videoconferencing
Draft Resolution on Videoconferencing
Commission Policy on Public Comment

July 30, 2024: New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies Remedies Public Meeting
Location: New York State Capitol, Blue Room, Second Floor, Albany, NY
Video Recording: Watch the July 30, 2024 meeting
Meeting Materials
July 30, 2024 Business Meeting Minutes