Mamdani allocates $500K for reparations talks as NYC faces $5.4B deficit

Mayor Zohran Mamdani allocated $500,000 for reparations discussions targeting Black New Yorkers amid a projected $5.4 billion city budget deficit. The funding supports community engagement for a reparations study and a Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation plan, despite criticism from opponents like Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who called the policies 'fishy/illegal.'