New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says it's time for the U.S. Army to rename two streets named for Confederate generals on an Army base in Brooklyn.Cuomo sent a letter to Acting Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy on Wednesday. He says the streets named for Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson should be changed.
Cuomo Wants Confederate Names Off Nyc Streets
Associated Press, Times Herald-Record
Thu, 08/17/2017 - 8:36am
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