In relation to requiring the installation and maintenance of an informational sign at the intersection of Wall and Pearl Streets in Manhattan to mark the site …
NYC L.L. 2024/095
in effectL.L. 2024/095
Enactment date: 10/12/2024
Int. No. 833-A
By the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams) and Council Members Louis, Brewer, Restler, Farías, Williams, Cabán, Hanif, Yeger, Ossé, Sanchez, Narcisse, Rivera, Bottcher, Won, Holden, Hudson, Joseph and Mealy
A Local Law in relation to requiring the installation and maintenance of an informational sign at the intersection of Wall and Pearl Streets in Manhattan to mark the site of New York’s first slave market
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. The department of transportation shall facilitate the installation and maintenance of an informational sign to memorialize the site of New York’s first slave market at the intersection of Wall Street and Pearl Street in Manhattan. The sign shall bear an inscription that identifies the site as New York’s first slave market and the year of its founding, and describes: the role of the slave market in the city’s economy; the role of the city’s government in establishing the market; and the use of the market in the sale of African and Indigenous American persons. The sign shall be placed at the site described herein within 250 days of the effective date of this local law.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-228916Fetched: 10/25/2026