Earlier this month, New York City’s Advisory Commission ... people” who view Columbus as a symbol of violence and discrimination and perceive the statue itself as “an act of erasure of ...

But fear not, de Blasio has made it clear that the iconic statue of Christopher Columbus in New York ... the speaker of the New York City Council, said this week. I wonder what Colombians ...

MIDDLETOWN — The city’s Christopher Columbus statue, which for decades occupied ... Columbus is believed by many to have discovered the “New World” in America in 1492, which was inhabited ...

Nearly 1 million turn out for annual Columbus Day Parade in NYC Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in New York City Monday for the 75th annual Columbus Day Parade, the largest celebration of ...

The granite statue with the base is 12 feet tall, weighs about 2,000 pounds and worth around $55,000. The probe would have looked into the actions of city ... Columbus Day national holiday. In New ...

ExperienceFirst also conducts three-hour "express" Statue of Liberty tours, in addition to walking tours of various New York City neighborhoods, including Little Italy and Chinatown. Go beyond the ...

Statue City Cruises. If you’re departing from the New York side, you’ll hop on a ferry at Battery Park in lower Manhattan. If you’re departing from the New Jersey side, you’ll depart from ...