NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Calls are growing louder to remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson from New York City Hall.
On Thursday, the eve of Juneteenth, members of City Council, including Council Speaker Corey Johnson, demanded the removal of a Thomas Jefferson statue from City Hall.
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The statue, which is currently placed against a wall inside the City Council chamber, was referred to by council members as a statue of a slave master.
Johnson says the council cannot remove the statue, so instead, a group of council members wrote a letter to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio asking for his support in removing the statue.
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In addition to Johnson, the members calling for the statue's removal were Debi Rose and Inez Barron as well as Adrienne Adams and I. Daneek Miller, who are co-chairs of the Black, Latino and Asian Caucus.
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