A statue of Thomas Jefferson that stands over New York City Hall's council chamber will be removed following a city commission vote.
— were renewed during the nationwide racial reckoning that followed the 2020 murder of George Floyd.
Asked about the statue on Thursday at his daily press briefing, de Blasio said he understood why Jefferson's history as a slaveowner “profoundly bothers people, and why they find it’s something that can’t be ignored.” Johnson wrote that he and Black, Latino and Asian members of the city council found it"inappropriate" that Jefferson had such a prominent display in City Hall.
"He ... compared the very idea of freeing slaves from captivity to abandoning children," she said, noting Jefferson fathered children with his teenage slave, Sally Hemmings.
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