Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County,New York,United States. With a population of 148,620 and a metropolitan area of 662,057,it is the fifth-most populated city and 13th-most populated municipality in the state of New York.
McKinsey &Company is an American multinational strategy and management consulting firm that offers professional services to corporations,governments,and other organizations. Founded in 1926 by James O. McKinsey,McKinsey is the oldest and largest of the "MBB" management consultancies (MBB). The firm mainly focuses on the finances and operations of their clients.
Area codes 315 and 680 are telephone area codes of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the north-central area of the U.S. state of New York. Area code 315 was installed as one of the original North American area codes in 1947,while area code 680 was added to the numbering plan area (NPA) in an overlay plan in 2017.
Mitchell Joseph Landrieu is an American lawyer and politician who served as Mayor of New Orleans from 2010 to 2018. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 2004 to 2010.
The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) is the City agency that champions the arts as essential to daily life by investing in a vibrant arts community,enlivening the urban environment and shaping innovative cultural policy in San Francisco,California. The commission oversees Civic Design Review,Community Investments,Public Art,SFAC Galleries,The Civic Art Collection,and the Art Vendor Program.
Columbus Circle is a neighborhood and plaza in the downtown section of Syracuse,New York,United States. At the center of the circle is a large fountain and the Columbus Monument,designed by the Syracuse-born architect Dwight James Baum and dedicated in 1934. Columbus Circle is home to Syracuse's two cathedrals,the Episcopalian St. Paul's Cathedral and the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception,as well as the Onondaga County Courthouse and the John H. Mulroy Civic Center.
Dwight James Baum was an American architect most active in New York and in Sarasota,Florida. His work includes Càd'Zan,the Sarasota Times Building (1925),Sarasota County Courthouse (1926),early residences in Temple Terrace,Florida,Sarasota County Courthouse (1927),Pinecroft,West Side YMCA on 63rd Street between Central Park and Columbus Avenue,Columbus Circle (1934) and Hendricks Memorial Chapel.
The Drake Fountain,also known as the Columbus Monument,is located on a triangular site bounded by 92nd Street,South Chicago Avenue and Exchange Avenue in the Chicago neighborhood known as South Chicago.
Levar Marcus Stoney is an American politician who has served as the 80th mayor of Richmond,Virginia,since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2014 through 2016,being the youngest member of Governor Terry McAuliffe's administration.
Advance Peace is a charitable organization based in Richmond,California,which administers a program with the goal of reducing gun violence in American urban neighborhoods. The program involves giving cash stipends to individuals identified as likely to commit violent crimes,but who police have not been able to arrest. The stipends are given to participants as a reward for their desisting from crime. The organization invests in the development,health,and wellbeing of those at the center of this crisis. The size of the stipend varies for each participant depending on how successful they are in the program.
Christopher Columbus,or simply Columbus,is a 1955 sculpture by Edoardo Alfieri,originally installed outside Columbus,Ohio's City Hall,in the United States. The statue was unveiled in 1955,celebrating Christopher Columbus's voyages to the New World. It was removed in July 2020.
A statue of Christopher Columbus was installed in Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park,in Boston's North End,in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. On June 11,2020,the statue was removed for an undisclosed period after it was decapitated by protestors on the evening of June 9,2020 during the George Floyd protests.
The Columbus Monument is a 76-foot (23 m) column in the center of Columbus Circle in New York City honoring the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus,who first made an expedition to the New World in 1492. The monument was created by Italian sculptor Gaetano Russo in 1892.
Philip F. Foglia was an American lawyer,prosecutor,civic activist,politician,and advocate for Italian-American rights issues. Most recently,Foglia led a campaign to construct a statue honoring Frances Xavier Cabrini,an Italian-American Catholic nun more commonly known as Mother Cabrini,after the proposal was initially rejected by a New York City commission.
Richmond,Virginia,experienced a series of riots in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. Richmond was the first city in the Southeastern United States to see rioting following Floyd's murder. Richmond,formerly the capital of the short-lived Confederate States of America,saw much arson and vandalism to monuments connected with that polity,particularly along Monument Avenue.
George Floyd protests in New York City took place at several sites in each of the five New York City boroughs,starting on May 28,2020,in reaction to the murder of George Floyd. Most of the protests were peaceful,while some sites experienced protester and/or police violence,including several high-profile incidents of excessive force. Looting became a parallel issue,especially in Manhattan. As a result,and amid the COVID-19 pandemic,the city was placed under curfew from June 1–7,the first curfew in the city since 1943.
Curtis J. Jones Jr. is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Philadelphia City Council. In 2007,he was elected to represent the 4th District,which covers parts of North,Northwest,and West Philadelphia. He has served as Majority Leader (2012–2016) and Majority Whip since 2020.
Elections are held in Syracuse,New York,to election the city's mayor. Currently,these elections are regularly scheduled to be held once every four years,with the elections taking place in the off-year immediately after United States presidential election years.
