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Council member Osei decries federal action after pride flag removed from Stonewall; advances pre-filed resolution

New York City Council · February 13, 2026

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Council Member Chi Osei condemned the removal of the pride flag from Stonewall National Monument and introduced a pre-filed resolution calling on Congress to "respect the true history and significance of national park sites" and to reverse actions the Council says erase LGBTQ history.

Council Member Chi Osei, co-chair of the New York City Council’s LGBTQIA caucus, addressed the chamber after Presiding Official raised the overnight removal of a pride flag from Stonewall National Monument. Osei said the removal reflects a larger federal effort to "erase our history," described Stonewall as "the site where trans activists ... ignited the movement for queer and trans liberation" and urged accountability from federal authorities. "The pride flag will rise again at Stonewall, and the LGBTQ community will never be erased," Osei said.

The Presiding Official said the Council sent a letter to the National Park Service demanding the flag’s return and that Council member Osei has sponsored a pre-filed resolution that would ask the United States Congress to respect the history of national park sites. The resolution was presented as a response to an executive order (named in Osei’s remarks as an order "restoring truth and sanity to American history") and framed the removal of the flag as part of a federal censorship campaign in Osei’s remarks.

The transcript records forceful rhetoric from Osei about the stakes for trans, queer and communities of color, and the item was placed on the meeting’s agenda as a pre-considered resolution for Council consideration. The transcript does not record the roll-call outcome of the resolution.