said McCray. “She is exactly
the kind of New York woman
whose contributions should be
honored with representation
in our public spaces.”
But Crown Heights Councilman
Robert Cornegy Jr.,
not to be outdone, later that
day announced he would unveil
a scale model of another
Chisholm statue at the Brooklyn
Children’s Museum on
Dec. 3. The actual likeness will
be installed at nearby Brower
Park next year, as part of Cornegy’s
own initiative to honor
storied people of color hailing
from the 36th Council District,
which also includes parts of
Bedford-Stuyvesant.
And in announcing his
own statue, the councilman
took the opportunity to talk
smack about Mayor DeBlasio’s
policy of removing city monuments
to controversial fi gures
— such as a bust of controversial,
early gynecologist J.
Marion Sims, which offi cials
shipped from its long-time
CHISHOLM’S CHEERLEADERS: Two city politicos in separate Nov. 30 announcements revealed Brooklyn will
be getting two new statues of former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. Associated Press / James Palmer
Central Park home to Green-
Wood Cemetery earlier this
year — by arguing that leaders
should focus on honoring
worthy residents, not removing
tributes to whom some
consider less-deserving.
“It’s more important to
promote the contributions of a
wider array of people and cultures,
than to tear down statues
commemorating those we
may not like,” Cornegy said.
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Shirley, you’re kidding!
Offi cials last week fell over
themselves to honor the trailblazing
Brooklyn pol, former
Rep. Shirley Chisholm, on her
birthday, with two city leaders
announcing as many monuments
to the nation’s fi rst
black congresswoman on the
same day.
The city’s First Lady, Chirlane
McCray, got a head start
on Nov. 30 — what would have
been Chisholm’s 94th birthday
— making an early morning
announcement that a $1-million
likeness of the late legislator,
who died in 2005, would
grace the Parkside Avenue entrance
of Brooklyn’s Backyard
sometime in 2020 as part of a
mayoral initiative to memorialize
New York City’s most
distinguished dames.
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Chisholm’s legacy of leadership
and activism has paved
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“My children benefi t from the
entire wealth of this country’s
history — the good, bad, and
indifferent.”
Of course, Gov. Cuomo
beat everybody to the punch
in September, when he announced
$20 million in funding
for the new Shirley Chisholm
State Park coming to East
New York as part of his Vital
Brooklyn wellness initiative,
designs for which should be
completed by 2021.
And the former Congresswoman
isn’t lacking for honors
in her home borough,
which is already home to such
tributes as Fort Greene’s Shirley
A. Chisholm State Offi ce
Building , Shirley Chisholm
Circle in Brower Park, Shirley
Chisholm Campus in Canarsie,
and the forthcoming Shirley
A. Chisholm Community
Center in East Flatbush.
Shirley squared!
Two new statues of former Bklyn
pol announced on the same day