US EditionAdams announces $3M Queens Holocaust Memorial amid rising antisemitism
The $3 million memorial will include artwork and a garden, honoring 14,700 local Holocaust survivors and serving as a site for education and remembrance.
- On Tuesday, Mayor Eric Adams announced $3 million to build a Queens Holocaust Memorial at Queens Borough Hall honoring six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust and survivors.
- Michael Nussbaum originated the proposal three years ago, with backing from the Queens Jewish Community Council and local civic and faith leaders amid rising antisemitism and Holocaust denial.
- The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs' Percent for Art program will lead artist selection with input from artists, historians and Holocaust survivors, while organizers announced $1 million from State Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky and a planned $1.5 million request from the Queens Assembly delegation.
- As Queens' first major Holocaust tribute, the site aims to foster community solidarity, hosting remembrance ceremonies, educational programs for students and community groups, and addressing 14,700 Holocaust survivors in New York.
- With a mayoral transition underway, the announcement comes as Zohran Mamdani, New York City Mayor-elect, prepares to take office in January amid safety concerns voiced by Eric Adams, New York City Mayor, and leading members of New York's Jewish community.
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New York officials announce $3M plan for Queens Holocaust memorial
To fund the historic initiative, the city has allocated an initial $3 million—including $2 million from Mayor Eric Adams and $1 million from the Borough President’s Office. By Aaaron Sull, Jewish Breaking News New York City officials have unveiled plans for a new Holocaust memorial at Queens Borough Hall, a $3 million initiative honoring the six million Jews murdered by Nazi Germany and the survivors who made the city their home after the Holoca…
New York City builds $3 million Queens Holocaust memorial amid rising antisemitism
New York City is building a $3 million Holocaust memorial in Queens to honor the six million Jews murdered and the survivors who rebuilt their lives in the city. The memorial will feature a garden and public artwork selected through the Percent for Art program. Hungarian-born Yehuda a 94 year old Holocaust survivor (Photo: Oren Ben Hakoon) Oren Ben Hakoon Former Mayor Eric Adams and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced the project…
New York City Mayor Adams Announces New $3 Million Holocaust Memorial
New York City Mayor Eric Adams meeting with Israelis during a reception in Jerusalem that was organized by the Combat Antisemitism Movement. Photo: Combat Antisemitism Movement’s X account New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Tuesday the planned creation of a $3 million Holocaust memorial to commemorate the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis in World War II as well as the survivors who rebuilt their lives in New York City. The “Queens…
Queens to Get $3M Holocaust Memorial at Borough Hall to Honor Survivors and Victims
(JNS) – Eric Adams, the New York City mayor, and Donovan Richards, the Queens borough president, said on Tuesday that a new Queens Holocaust memorial will be located at Borough Hall. The memorial, for which the city and borough president’s office allocated $3 million, will honor the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust and the survivors “who rebuilt their lives in New York City,” per the mayor’s office. It added that the memorial will “s…
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