Medgar Evers Law Center Dir to Serve on State Reparations Commission

Lurie Daniel Favors, Esq., the executive director at the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College was appointed to serve on the state Community Commission on Reparations Remedies. The commission, formed through legislation signed in December 2023, is tasked with examining the legacy of slavery, subsequent discrimination against people of African descent and the impact these forces continue to have in the present day. “As Americans, we have a solemn responsibility to reckon with our history and that includes understanding the painful legacy of slavery in New York,” Governor Kathy Hochul said. “We have assembled an extraordinary group of highly-qualified individuals to serve on the new Commission, and will review their final recommendations.” The legislation established the community commission on reparations remedies, composed of nine members who are especially qualified to serve by virtue of their expertise, education, training, or lived experience in the fields of African or American studies, the criminal legal system, human rights, civil rights, reparations organizations and other relevant fields. The commission includes Lurie Daniel Favors, Esq., the executive director at the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College. She is an author, activist and attorney with a long-standing commitment...