#street-renaming

#street-renaming

"He was very passionate about people realizing that non-speaking didn't mean non-thinking, and that people who don't speak deserve a seat at the table of life."

"For me, having grown up just a few blocks from here, I count my lucky stars every day that I have the tremendous privilege of representing this amazing community in the New York City Council."

"It is so appropriate that we honor our local hometown heroes in this way, who, for the most part, are everyday, ordinary folks, common people, rendering uncommon service, and that's no exception in this case."

"We need to try something dramatic to really change the neighborhood. People in these communities take music very seriously."