New York’s City Council voted Thursday to launch a reparations task force , which could lead to calls for billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded payouts to compensate for the impact of slavery and past injustices.
Gotham joins dozens of municipalities, from Tulsa, Okla., to Evanston, Ill., as well as three states — California, Illinois and most recently New York — in considering race-based reparations.
The Democratic Party is pushing the idea …