One item in The New York History Blog‘s “New York History Around the Web This Week” for January 19 was the new Report of the Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments and Markers.
This is the report of the commission appointed by New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio last fall amid the controversy surrounding Confederate statues. The mayor charged the commission with coming up with recommendations about potentially controversial monuments and statues in New York City.
The commission held five public meetings, attended by more than 500 people, and received over 3,000 comments via an online survey. [Read more…] about Bruce Dearstyne On NYC Monuments Commission Report