They are mulling what to do with Christopher Columbus and Thomas Jefferson statues, among others.
statues at Washington Square Park, and Peter Stuyvesant figure at Stuyvesant Square should be removed from city streets due to their controversial pasts, or stay up with explanation.
The bill would require the city to remove works of art on city property that depict a person who owned enslaved people, directly benefited economically from slavery, or participated in systemic crimes against indigenous people and humanity.
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