Did Bill de Blasio Cancel the Annual Tribute in Light?

Following the cancellation of the annual Tribute in Light that honors the victims of 9/11, claims that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was to blame went viral

The Tribute of Light is a public art installation that sends twin columns of light into the air the night of September 11. It has been put on each year since 2002 by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The tribute was initially canceled “after concluding the health risks during the pandemic were far too great for the large crew [that sets up and takes down the lights],” a museum spokesman told the New York Times in a statement. The crew consists of about 40 stagehands who have to work in close proximity to one another for more than a week in order to prepare the tribute. This decision was made by museum leadership, which, as a private corporation, does not include the city or state government. Mitch Schwartz, de Blasio’s deputy press secretary, said that the mayor’s office “offered the Memorial support in multiple ways but they made that decision [to cancel the Tribute in Light] on their own.”

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  • Bwhahaha haha. So de Blasio got blamed even though it actually was not his fault this time?

    It’s like when Trump says something or does something that we all go, “Probably was Trump because it sounds like something he would do”, even if he didn’t actually do it.

    So Blasio is in the same boat now eh? He’s probably the only character in NYC that New Yorkers may loath about the same or more than Trump himself.

    Two pea’s in a pot!

    Thanks for the fact check!

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