Cicely Harris, the chairperson of Community Board 10 in Harlem, described the push to honor the Central Park Five with 'The Gate of the Exonerated.'
In this edition of 'The Countdown,' we talk to the woman behind the push to rename an entrance in Central Park in honor of the Central Park Five.In this edition of 'The Countdown,' we talk to the woman behind the push to rename an entrance in Central Park in honor of the Central Park Five.
Cicely Harris, the chairperson of Community Board 10 in Harlem, described the efforts to shed light on the case. The Central Park Five were the five teenagers falsely convicted of raping a jogger in Central Park in 1989. The entrance will be named, "The Gate of the Exonerated." It will be located on 110th Street between Fifth Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard, and it will include an explanation of the Central Park Five's case.The public design commission gave final approval Monday to the project, which will be unveiled on December 19.New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with Jewish leaders to discuss security and antisemitism ahead of the start of Hanukkah next week.
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