"If a commission studying reparations in this city recommended cash reparations for people impacted in New York City, would you support that recommendation?" Blow also noted Mamdani's statement from when he was running for mayor that read, "New York City participated actively in the slave trade and furthered its legacy through racist institutions, policies, and laws. Here in New York City, we were very complicit. The commission rebuked Mamdani after the mayor released his Preliminary Citywide Racial Equity Plan in April, and said in a press release that it failed to meet the requirements of the NYC charter. A progress update report was released by CORE in January, touting $500,000 "committed to community groups in 2026 to participate in a Reparations, Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation Network."