Conservatives panned the statue. New York City Council Member Vickie Paladino asked, “Was there any public input whatsoever before a satanic golden medusa demon with tentacle arms was installed ...

The "Now" statue placed atop a New York City courthouse was slammed by Twitter users who compared the art piece to demons, aliens, and sci-fi characters.

Per Fox, Sikander said the statue is part of an “urgent and necessary cultural reckoning underway as New York reconsiders traditional representations of power in public spaces and recasts civic ...