"It's the kind of thing a commission should look at carefully and decide if it still makes sense for the 21st century," de Blasio said Monday at his daily news conference.
A city commission selected the seal in 1914 to unite all five boroughs under one flag and seal.
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Joe Baker, the co-founder and executive director of the Lenape Center, says the Native American man on the seal is "cartoonish" and that the seal ignores the history of violence and destruction inflicted on indigenous people by settlers.
"It has the little Dutchman and the little Indian, and everyone is standing there in a very erect posture with the eagle above," said Baker. "And the Indian has two eagle feathers and the breechcloth."
The seal features a Dutch settler holding a rope with a loop tied at the end and a Native American man wearing a loincloth holding a bow standing beside a crest. The crest features beavers and barrels to signify the region's history with the fur trade.
The mayor did not outline specific steps to the re-examination or reinvention of the seal.
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