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Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said he hopes New York removes any public monument that glorifies the Confederacy, but said a depiction of the Battle of Gettysburg should stay in a Capitol mural.
Heastie, a Democrat from the Bronx, told reporters at a new convention center that nothing should glamorize the former confederacy. He said on Thursday in Schenectady that he supported official efforts to rename streets in Brooklyn’s Fort Hamilton and remove busts of Confederate generals from Bronx Community College.
“The Confederacy was the enemy of the country. We shouldn’t be burying what happened in the Civil War — it was part of our history — but I don’t think we should be glorifying the principles of the Civil War and the Confederacy,” Heastie said on Friday. “Sometimes out of horrible moments positives can happen. If this country takes a second look at itself in terms of glorifying elements and people of the Confederacy, hopefully that should be a positive.”
He said it was possible that legislative proposals would arise, and he expected they would coast to passage. “Outside of President Trump, Democrats and Republicans are just not happy with what happened with Charlottesville," he said.
A reporter asked Heastie about depictions of the Confederate flag in the mural atop the “War Room” on the Capitol’s second floor. It depicts scenes of battle, including New York troops at Gettysburg.
“We should not look to glamorize,” Heastie said. “I believe that any place that glamorizes the Confederacy should be reviewed. I don’t think in any other war would we put up tributes to the enemy country.”
A spokesman later said that the speaker re-reviewed the mural and did not feel it brought glamour to the rebellion.
Heastie: Nothing in New York should 'glamorize' the confederacy
Heastie, a Democrat from the Bronx, told reporters at a new convention center that nothing should glamorize the former confederacy. He said on Thursday in Schenectady that he supported official efforts to rename streets in Brooklyn’s Fort Hamilton and remove busts of Confederate generals from Bronx Community College.
“The Confederacy was the enemy of the country. We shouldn’t be burying what happened in the Civil War — it was part of our history — but I don’t think we should be glorifying the principles of the Civil War and the Confederacy,” Heastie said on Friday. “Sometimes out of horrible moments positives can happen. If this country takes a second look at itself in terms of glorifying elements and people of the Confederacy, hopefully that should be a positive.”
He said it was possible that legislative proposals would arise, and he expected they would coast to passage. “Outside of President Trump, Democrats and Republicans are just not happy with what happened with Charlottesville," he said.
A reporter asked Heastie about depictions of the Confederate flag in the mural atop the “War Room” on the Capitol’s second floor. It depicts scenes of battle, including New York troops at Gettysburg.
“We should not look to glamorize,” Heastie said. “I believe that any place that glamorizes the Confederacy should be reviewed. I don’t think in any other war would we put up tributes to the enemy country.”
A spokesman later said that the speaker re-reviewed the mural and did not feel it brought glamour to the rebellion.
Heastie: Nothing in New York should 'glamorize' the confederacy
