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On February 24, Professor John Donohue spoke at the New York City Council Chamber at New York City Hall. The building mixes French Renaissance style on the exterior, and Georgian-style on the interior. The City Council Chamber itself contains a portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, as well as a statue of Thomas Jefferson.
The rotunda at City Hall, where Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant laid in state
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Before the audience arrived; the Georgian interior of the Council Chamber
The entrance to the Council Chamber
City Councilmembers desks were lined up against the wall
Each desk is assigned to a particular member; this is Councilmember Chin’s, who represents Lower Manhattan
Professor Donohue spoke about America’s drug policy
A note on the door to the office of the City Council Sergeant-at-Arms
A relief on the ceiling of the Chamber
The cornice and frieze
Professor Donohue also examined how the U.S. drug policy compares internationally
