{"id":352640,"date":"2021-10-13T19:20:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/de-blasio-booting-founding-father-jefferson-from-city-hall\/"},"modified":"2021-10-13T19:20:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:20:31","slug":"de-blasio-booting-founding-father-jefferson-from-city-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/de-blasio-booting-founding-father-jefferson-from-city-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"#De Blasio booting Founding Father Jefferson from City Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#De Blasio booting Founding Father Jefferson from City Hall<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>This Founding Father will no longer be in \u201cthe room where it h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens\u201d \u2014 thanks to Bill de Blasio.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor, who has just three months left in office, is quietly banishing a statue of Thomas Jefferson from City Hall\u2019s Council chambers \u2014 where it has resided for the past 187 years, The Post has learned. <\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s Public Design Commission \u2014 comprised of mayoral appointees \u2014 has listed \u201cthe long term loan\u201d of the 1833 painted plaster statue of the Declaration of Independence author to the New-York Historical Society on its \u201cconsent\u201d agenda for Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The consent designation means the historic statue\u2019s removal is not\u00a0scheduled for public debate. The 11-member design commission will vote on de Blasio\u2019s Jefferson exile after reviewing public comments, a City Hall spokesman said. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19789618\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19789618\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/city-hall-thomas-jefferson-72.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Thomas Jeferson City Hall sculpture\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/city-hall-thomas-jefferson-72.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/city-hall-thomas-jefferson-72.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/city-hall-thomas-jefferson-72.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, a replica of the statue by sculptor Pierre-Jean David is still on display in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The terms of the loan to the historical society for the Jefferson, which was gifted to City Hall by naval officer and Jefferson admirer Uriah Phillips Levy in 1834, are still being negotiated. But Councilman I. Daneek Miller (D-Queens), who\u2019s been pushing to boot Jefferson, said the loan is \u201cindefinite.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Miller said he expects the statue to be gone by Oct. 21, the City Council\u2019s next body-wide meeting.<\/p>\n<p>At least one council member wasn\u2019t pleased with Jefferson\u2019s banishment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe de Blasio administration will continue the progressive war on history as he, himself, fades away into a portrait on a City Hall wall,\u201d Councilman Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island) told The Post. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/city-hall-thomas-jefferson-71.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mayor Bill de Blasio\" class=\"wp-image-19789648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/city-hall-thomas-jefferson-71.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/city-hall-thomas-jefferson-71.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/city-hall-thomas-jefferson-71.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>De Blasio will be out of office in just three months.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Daniel William McKnight<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/city-hall-thomas-jefferson-69.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Thomas Jefferson City Hall\" class=\"wp-image-19789662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/city-hall-thomas-jefferson-69.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/city-hall-thomas-jefferson-69.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/city-hall-thomas-jefferson-69.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The consent designation on the \u201clong term loan\u201d of the statue means the historic statue\u2019s removal is not\u00a0scheduled for public debate.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI hope he is at least gone a couple hundred years before someone cancels him,\u201d Borelli said. <\/p>\n<p>Reps for the historical society didn\u2019t im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely return requests for comment. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe city would still own the plaster model, and the historical society would include it in educational exhibits and provide valuable historical context,\u201d a mayoral spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>The planned move comes after the mayor charged his wife, first lady Chirlane McCray, with deciding the sculpture\u2019s fate as head of the Commission on Racial Justice and Reconciliation. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Her appointment came in June 2020 \u2014 following George Floyd\u2019s death at the hands of a Minneapolis\u00a0police officer and a day after several City Council members asked the mayor to remove Jefferson\u2019s likeness from the council chambers because the nation\u2019s third president owned slaves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s so much about Thomas Jefferson and his own personal writings, memoirs about how he treated his slaves, his family members and things of that nature and how he perceived African Americans and slaves \u2014 that they lacked intelligence, that they were not to assimilate into society,\u201d Miller told The Post. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us to really highlight such an individual is really not who we are as a council,\u201d Miller said.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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