Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the Fearless Girl statue will move to a new location in front of the New York Stock Exchange in the heart of New York’s Financial District.
Mayor de Blasio announced actions he would take in relation to the state of controversial monuments put up in the city, saying that as opposed to fully removing the monuments his administration would focus on adding education and nuance to the monuments.
On February 22, 2017, NYC Parks and the New York City Office of Management and Budget presented an assessment of the conditions and structure of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial.
Mayor de Blasio appeared on the Brian Lehrer show to discuss events within his administration and remarks of the Trump administration, discussing the morality of keeping up monuments of people like Christopher Columbus, who many call a racist historical figure, and hateful comments made by Trump.
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