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.”
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De Blasio Responds To “Erasing” Christopher Columbus From Calendar