The Seal Of Whitesboro, NY, Depicts A White Man Strangling A Native American

UPDATE: Village of Whitesboro Votes to Keep Racist Seal of White Man Strangling Native American Man

Upstate New Yorkers will hit the polls Monday to vote on whether to change an off-putting village seal that depicts a white settler strangling a Native American.

Whitesboro officials kicked off the New Year by sending out postcards to the village's 3,000 residents, alerting them of the vote.

"There's been this nationwide controversy" over the logo, and "it was time to put it to the residents," Whitesboro Village clerk Dana Nimey-Olney said in a phone interview on Friday.