City Hall Thomas Jefferson Statue Is Going to the New York Historical Society
Jefferson "really draws attention to the distance between our founding ideals and the reality of our nation," Louise Mirrer said.
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New York’s City Council May Remove Its Thomas Jefferson Statue
"For him to be canonized in a statue is incredible — incredibly racist," Assemblyman Charles Barron told the Times.
A Sense of Entitlement Instead of Service
The speaker of the New York City Council, Melissa Mark-Viverito, has an unusual strategy for solving city problems.
