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Lawsuit seeks return of Columbus statue to park A fence with the U.S. and Italian flags covers the area where a Christopher Columbus statue once stood at Arrigo Park in Chicago. Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times, October 2020
Updated 7/21/2021 7:46 PM An Italian-American organization has filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Park District demanding the Christopher Columbus statue be returned to its pedestal at Arrigo Park in Little Italy. The lawsuit filed by the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans claims the removal of the Columbus monument violates a nearly 50-year-old agreement the group has with the park district that says it must obtain written consent from the organization before making any substantial change to Columbus Plaza or Columbus Statue. ....
Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for the City of Philadelphia and Mayor Jim Kenney are seeking to dismiss a discrimination complaint from Philadelphia City Council member Mark Squilla and local Italian-American groups over Kenney’s removal of Columbus Day as an observed city holiday, arguing it lacks any factual basis. The Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations, Inc. of Yonkers, N.Y., plus Squilla, the 1492 Society and Jody Della Barba, all of Philadelphia, first filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 6 versus the City and Kenney. The suit assailed the City and Kenney as having engaged in “continued, unrelenting, and intentionally discriminatory acts” against Italian-Americans – punctuated by Kenney’s Executive Order 2-21, which replaced Columbus Day as an official City holiday with Indigenous Peoples Day. ....
Bochetto | Bochetto & Lentz PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia City Council member Mark Squilla and local Italian-American groups have filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the City of Philadelphia and Mayor Jim Kenney, over Kenney’s removal of Columbus Day as an observed city holiday and other incidents the suit says speak to his prejudice for Italian-Americans. The Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations, Inc. of Yonkers, N.Y., Philadelphia City Council member Mark F. Squilla, the 1492 Society and Jody Della Barba, all of Philadelphia, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 6 versus the City and Kenney. ....
Italian American group calls for restoring Columbus statue in Chicago's Arrigo Park chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Updated on April 9, 2021 at 8:00 pm NBC Universal, Inc. An Italian-American group that has called for the city of Chicago to reinstall three Christopher Columbus statues taken down last summer says the city broke a long-standing deal when it removed the statues following peaceful and violent protests. Ron Onesti, president of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, says the group recently found a 1973 agreement with the Chicago Park District which he said clearly states, there can be no alterations of not only the Columbus Statue at Arrigo Park, but also Columbus Plaza as a whole.” Get the answer to your most-asked COVID vaccine questions on our mobile NBC 5 Chicago app. Download it here for iOS or Android. ....