Streets to be renamed for slain NYPD Officers
New York City plans to honor the two police officers killed in an ambush this month by naming streets near their homes for them.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito announced the plan Wednesday. The council is expected to take it up next month.
Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos were shot dead in their patrol car Dec. 20. The gunman then killed himself.
Brooklyn Boro
View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.