New York City officials on Monday voted to remove a statue of former President Thomas Jefferson from City Hall, continuing a nationwide campaign against some historical figures over their connection to the slave trade. The city’s Public Design Commission unanimously voted to remove the seven-foot-tall statue, with plans to move it to the New York Historical Society’s museum. Supporters of the move cited the fact Jefferson, a key figure in American history, held slaves. Jefferson “embodies some of the most shameful parts of our country’s long and nuanced history,” Councilwoman Adrienne Adams, a Democrat, said during the meeting. “We are not debating the merits of a historic figure with some human flaws. We are, in fact, talking about an individual who owes his livelihood to the sale and exploitation of human beings,” added Councilwoman Daneek Miller, a Democrat. Placing the statue in the museum will enable Jefferson’s full story to “be …