{"id":130633,"date":"2026-02-11T23:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/130633\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:24:21","slug":"governor-hochul-calls-for-rainbow-flags-restoration-in-visit-to-stonewall-national-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/130633\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Hochul calls for Rainbow Flag\u2019s restoration in visit to Stonewall National Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Gov. Kathy Hochul visit Christopher Park on Feb. 11. <\/p>\n

Donna Aceto<\/p>\n

Governor Kathy Hochul paid a visit to the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 11 in a show of support for the LGBTQ community after the federal government removed the Rainbow Flag at that site<\/a> earlier in the week.<\/p>\n

Hochul, joined by Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal just feet away from the flagpole \u2014 which now bears just an American flag \u2014 stressed that there is space on the flagpole for the Rainbow Flag, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a way to do it,\u201d Hochul said during a brief visit to Christopher Park, just across the street from the Stonewall Inn. \u201cThe American Flag and the Pride Flag. It\u2019s not controversial. Let\u2019s just do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hochul was asked by Gay City News whether she would bring up the issue directly with President Donald Trump if the federal government refuses to restore the flag.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to appeal to the president to say this is not necessary,\u201d Hochul told Gay City News. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of people who are hurt by this move. And we\u2019re better than that. This country and this state are better than that. I think it\u2019s time we start recognizing that we should stand up for those who may not have a voice, but are deeply hurt by what is happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hochul described the flag\u2019s removal as \u201churtful\u201d and acknowledged the LGBTQ community has been \u201cdiscriminated against and oppressed for much of its history.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes, the flag means a lot to a community,\u201d Hochul said. \u201cThe Pride Flag has meant a lot to all of us here in New York and to those who come around the world to see this place.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Hochul\u2019s visit to the area came two days after Gay City News first reported that the federal government removed the flag<\/a> from the flagpole at the monument. The National Park Service told Gay City News at the time that \u201cgovernment-wide guidance\u201d stated that \u201conly the US flag and other congressionally or departmentally authorized flags are flown on NPS-managed flagpoles, with limited exceptions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Trump administration\u2019s move sparked outrage from elected officials at the local and national level, from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to city lawmakers.\n<\/p>\n

Hoylman-Sigal is among a group of lawmakers who are planning to raise a Rainbow Flag at the flagpole at 4 p.m. on Feb. 12.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cOur history was made here on this sacred ground,\u201d Hoylman-Sigal said, pointing to the ground beneath him. \u201cTo think that our Pride Flag would be removed suggests that our history isn\u2019t important or should be erased. It\u2019s trans history. It\u2019s LGBTQ history. It\u2019s American history, and that\u2019s what this is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to visiting the Stonewall National Monument, Hochul and Hoylman-Sigal stopped by the Stonewall Inn.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Gov. Kathy Hochul visit Christopher Park on Feb. 11. Donna Aceto Governor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-130633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-manhattan","9":"tag-manhattan-headlines","10":"tag-manhattan-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}