NEW YORK (WCBS 880) – If Eric Adams becomes the next mayor of New York City, he said one priority will be renaming streets and buildings that honor slave owners.
Asked at an event Friday if he’s committed to renaming the streets and buildings, the Democratic nominee for mayor said he supports changing “as many as possible.”
“We can’t have children walk into school buildings that are named after slave owners. We need to look at some of the street names and then we need to diversify,” Adams said, according to the New York Post.
The Brooklyn borough president addressed the issue during an event at Borough Hall honoring Black journalist and civil rights leader Ida B. Wells.
“We want to ensure that Borough Hall and City Hall, and all of these buildings are really diverse,” Adams said.
If Adams is elected, changing the names of locations named after slave owners like George Washington and Peter Stuyvesant "is far more complicated than a simple mayoral decree," according to New York Magazine.