and christopher columbus, a lot of italian americans here in brookhaven and the knights of columbus wouldportunity to maintain a statue to christopher columbus. >> sandra: there is some outrage over it, there was a public hearing before the cultural affairs committee, the author of the bill to remove the statues, councilwoman sandy nurse, a democrat from brooklyn bridge, insisting she is attempting to correct history, not cancel it. you can respond to that while i put up on the screen, george washington, thomas jefferson, christopher columbus, these are just some of the statues -- you wrote a letter to mayor adams saying you will take these statues, you will pay to bring them to your town, you'll even pack them up. have you gotten a response? >> haven't got a response but i'm very hopeful. there are people that want to forget history, because they don't like it, because it doesn't fit in with their narrative of what history should be today. but these people lived some time ago, these are the founders of our country, of our civilization. we want to remember them for their flaws and for the