ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio are backing the Museum of Natural History’s decision to remove the Teddy Roosevelt statue from its Upper West Side entrance amid backlash following race-based protests over the death of George Floyd.
The museum was granted permission by the city to remove the bronze sculpture of Roosevelt on Sunday.
“I think the museum has a made a decision. They think the statue in this environment is in bad taste, they want to take it down, I support their decision,” Cuomo said Monday morning during an MSNBC interview.
De Blasio shortly after echoed the sentiment during a press conference in Manhattan.
“I have looked at it and I think Roosevelt himself is another one of these complex figures in American history, he did some extraordinarily progressive things that we feel to this day and he did some things that I think are deeply troubling,” de Blasio said.
The museum was granted permission by the city to remove the bronze sculpture of Roosevelt on Sunday.
“I think the museum has a made a decision. They think the statue in this environment is in bad taste, they want to take it down, I support their decision,” Cuomo said Monday morning during an MSNBC interview.
De Blasio shortly after echoed the sentiment during a press conference in Manhattan.
“I have looked at it and I think Roosevelt himself is another one of these complex figures in American history, he did some extraordinarily progressive things that we feel to this day and he did some things that I think are deeply troubling,” de Blasio said.
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