Beheaded and Sent to Watery Graves, Columbus Statues Get New Life

More than 30 monuments to Christopher Columbus were toppled or taken down in 2020. Now some are being restored, and finding ...

Assault on Columbus statues sparked Italian American groups to band together and fight back: community leader

Italian-American community leaders condemn NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani over 2020 photo showing disrespect toward ...

New Haven's Christopher Columbus statue spends its first Columbus Day in Lost in New Haven Museum

The statue joins other New Haven artifacts at the new Lost in New Haven Museum, which tells the story of the city.

Mayor Eric Adams moves to have 2 Christopher Columbus statues landmarked. Here's the response from some mayoral candidates.

The mayor is asking the Landmarks Preservation Commission to hold a public hearing to make the statues public landmarks, ...

NYC’s Columbus statues have become an unexpected flashpoint in the city’s heated mayoral race

Columbus has become a controversial figure due to his treatment of Indigenous peoples, including acts of violence and ...

A sacred lake, a Columbus statue, and an Indigenous people’s long struggle for land

The Onondaga Nation's effort to reclaim a piece of the Onondaga Lake's shoreline is stalled amid issues related to taxes, the ...

NYC mayor seeks protections for Columbus statues

Adams told the New York Post that his administration plans to seek a historic designation for the Italian explorer’s monuments.

After 5 years, the Columbus statue in Syracuse hasn't changed

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Monday is Columbus or Indigenous Peoples' Day. Five years ago, the City of Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh announced that he had plans to move the Christopher Columbus Statue. Today, it's ...

5 takeaways from the first New York City mayor’s debate

Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani and independent candidate Andrew Cuomo lobbed attacks at each other during the first of two ...

As Mayor Walsh's term ends, the fate of the Columbus statue remains uncertain

As Mayor Ben Walsh's term nears its end, the fate of the Christopher Columbus statue in downtown Syracuse remains ...
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Mayor Eric Adams looks to protect NYC’s Columbus statues after rival Zohran Mamdani’s tantrum over explorer

Mayor Eric Adams wants to landmark a pair of Big Apple Christopher Columbus statues — to protect them from mayoral front-runner and Columbus-hater Zohran Mamdani. Adams, who will leave office at the ...