New York City to remove Thomas Jefferson statue from legislative chamber

A vote by a little-known New York City committee on Monday signals the end to a two-decade effort to remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson from the chambers of the New York City Council.

The Public Design Commission, which oversees the city’s collection of public art, voted 8-0 Monday to relocate the statue at the behest of members of the City Council’s Black, Latino and Asian Caucus.

Councilmember Inez Barron told the commission Monday the proposal to relocate the statue to a museum run by the New York Historical Society was the product of 20 years of effort by members of the Council.

The statue of Jefferson dates to 1833, when it was crafted by Pierre-Jean David d’Angers. It has occupied the City Council chamber since 1915, according to the city.

Barron said a statue of Jefferson, an American founding father and slave owner, was inappropriate in a room where New Yorkers gathered to govern.

“We’re not being revisionist, we’re not waging war on history,” Barron said. “We’re saying that we want to make sure that the total story is told.”

“Thomas Jefferson was a slaveholder who owned over 600 human beings,” Councilmember Adrienne Adams, co-chair of the Black, Latino and Asian Caucus, said in a presentation before the commission. “It makes me deeply uncomfortable knowing that we sit in the presence of a statue that pays homage to a slaveholder who fundamentally believed that people who look like me were inherently inferior, lacked intelligence, and were not worthy of freedom or rights.”

Some members of the Public Design Commission pushed back on the proposal to loan a public statue to the historical society, which charges admission to its Upper East Side museum.

The Commission voted to find a suitable public location for the statue outside of the council chambers by the end of the year.

Former President Donald Trump released a statement on the decision.

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New York City to remove Thomas Jefferson statue from legislative chamber by year’s end

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