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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEW YORK
OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER
YDANIS RODRIGUEZ
CITY HALL
NEW YORK, NY 10007
(212) 788-7053
November 3, 2018
Contact: Maria Henderson / (646) 574 -7950 /
MHenderson@council.nyc.gov
ARCHITECT OF AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND MONUMENT JOINS ELECTED OFFICIALS ON BLACK SOLIDARITY DAY TO CONDEMN RACIST VANDALISM
NEW YORK-- Monday, November 5, Rodney Leon, architect of the African Burial Ground Monument in Lower Manhattan, will be joined by Majority Leader Laurie A. Cumbo, Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, Black, Latino/a, and Asian Caucus Co-Chairs Council Members I. Daneek Miller and Ydanis Rodriguez, Council Member Margaret Chin, and a coalition of elected and community leaders to respond to the racist act of vandalism at the site this past Thursday. This call for unity and strength comes on Black Solidarity Day.
WHO
: Architect Rodney Leon,
NYC Council
Majority Leader Laurie A. Cumbo, Council Member Jumaane D. Williams,
Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus Co-Chairs
Council Members I. Daneek Miller and Ydanis Rodriguez, Council Member Margaret Chin,
and other elected officials and community leaders.
WHERE
: 290 Broadway, Manhattan
WHEN
: Monday, November 5, 2018; 12:00 PM
The NYC City Council's Black, Latino, and Asian (BLA) Caucus consists of 26 of the 51 Members of the City Council. T
he Chairs of the BLA Caucus are Council Members
I. Daneek Miller
and
Ydanis Rodriguez
. The Caucus convenes to make sure that issues of particular concern to the City's Black, Latino, and Asian communities are being addressed through the legislative, oversight, and budgetary powers of the NYC City Council.
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