NYC Mayor De Blasio Responds To NYC Department OF Education "Erasing" Columbus Day

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Mayor Bill de Blasio responds to New York City public school students no longer celebrating Columbus Day, according to the city’s Department of Education said Tuesday, which makes the Big Apple the latest city to back away from honoring Christopher Columbus — but amid criticism from some New Yorkers, the nation’s largest school district promised a combined mid-October holiday called “Italian Heritage Day/Indigenous People’s Day.”

Bill de Blasio is an American politician serving since 2014 as the 109th mayor of New York City. A member of the Democratic Party, he held the office of New York City Public Advocate from 2010 to 2013. De Blasio was born in Manhattan and primarily raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts.