De Blasio: Streets to be renamed for slain officers

Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council are working to rename two streets in Brooklyn in honor of slain officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. The legislation calls for Ridgewood Avenue between Shepard

News 12 Staff

Jan 1, 2015, 8:45 AM

Updated 3,647 days ago

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Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council are working to rename two streets in Brooklyn in honor of slain officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu.
The legislation calls for Ridgewood Avenue between Shepard Avenue and Highland Place to be named "Detective Rafael Ramos Way" and West Sixth Street between avenues S and T to be named "Detective Wenjian Liu Way."
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito said in a statement, "These courageous men were fathers, brothers and sons and they were committed to the protection of every New Yorker who calls the city home."
The sites for the street names could be located near each of the officers' homes and were picked with the help of their family members.