Belasio to remove statute of Founding Father Thomas Jefferson from NY City Hall
DeBlasio He hoped to do it on the down low, having his handpicked Design Commission quietly vote Monday to pack the 187-year-old statue (gifted to the city in 1834) off to the New-York Historical Society. Perhaps enough public outcry can stop it, the NY Post reported, adding: We’re talking about the face on Mount Rushmore, the …