I’m in the New York State Capitol, in a space known as the War Room. This area was originally planned as part of a massive domed rotunda that was never built. In the mid-1990s, it was converted into a reception room, and the colors were restored so vividly it almost feels like a European Renaissance space. As a student of history and architecture, I love how this room reflects vision, change, and design over time. #NYCapitol #NewYorkArchitecture #HistoricSpaces #renaissance | Assemblyman Ari Bro

State Sens. John Liu and Charles Lavine want to add the U.S. Capitol riot—which happened five years ago Tuesday on Jan. 6, 2021—to a list of required teaching in New York state schools that includes the Holocaust and slavery. Liu, of Queens, and Lavine, of Long Island, have proposed legislation that would "require New York public schools teach students about the true history of that fateful day." “Jan. 6 was a pivotal moment in our nation’s history and a moment that should not be forgotten lest