NYC Council · Int 0833-2024 · Enacted

Requiring the installation and maintenance of an informational sign at the intersection of Wall and Pearl Streets in Manhattan to mark the site of New York’s first slave market.

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Became law

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Officially: “A Local Law in relation to requiring the installation and maintenance of an informational sign at the intersection of Wall and Pearl Streets in Manhattan to mark the site of New York’s first slave market” Read the full text

Civil and Human Rights

What it does

This bill would require the New York City Department of Transportation to facilitate the installation and maintenance of an informational sign near the intersection of Wall and Pearl Streets, in Manhattan, to mark the site of New York’s first slave market. The sign must be in place within 250 days of the bill’s enactment.

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Where it is

Introduced by Council · Apr 18, 2024

Referred to Comm by Council · Apr 18, 2024

Re-referred to Committee by Council · May 21, 2024

Hearing Held by Committee · Jun 27, 2024