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What Are We Missing in the Debate Around NYC City Hall’s Jefferson Statue?

by Samantha Baskind November 4, 2021November 5, 2021

The sculpture was commissioned by the first Jewish commodore in the US Navy, Uriah Phillips Levy, who faced anti-Semitism throughout his naval career.

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Divisive Amazon HQ2 Meeting Draws Hundreds to City Hall

by Zachary Small January 30, 2019January 31, 2019

“Why do you need our money? We have 63,000 people who are sleeping in homeless shelters,” council speaker Corey Johnson told Amazon reps. “Don’t you think there’s a better way for us to spend $3 billion?”

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City Council Bill Could Limit NYC’s Landmarking Power

by Allison Meier September 2, 2015

At a public hearing next Wednesday, New York City Council’s Committee on Land Use will consider a bill that would majorly impact landmarking in the city.

Joel Shapiro, "Untitled" (1980–81) on the roof of the new Whitney Museum building
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New York Will Develop a Citywide Culture Plan by 2017

by Benjamin Sutton April 29, 2015May 3, 2015

On Tuesday New York’s City Council approved by a vote of 49 to 0 an amendment to the municipal charter to create a comprehensive, citywide cultural plan.

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Bill Seeking to Democratize New York City Cultural Funding Gains Steam

by Aaron Short November 20, 2013November 23, 2013

Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio’s “tale of two cities” mantra doesn’t just apply to voters. New York’s iconic arts institutions have done well for themselves under the Bloomberg administration as smaller groups and individual artists say they have struggled.

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