Maloney on three East Side street co-namings

Thank you, Majority Leader.

I'm proud to introduce three street co-namings honoring people and institutions that have shaped our Eastside community.

The first, Jewish Community Relations Council Way, will be at 2nd Avenue and East 40th.

7Th Street next to Dag Hammarskjold Plaza.

JCRC New York has built relationships across New York's Jewish community and worked for a more interconnected city for all ethnic and religious groups for 50 years.

Its headquarters once sat just south of the plaza, making it the organization's local park and a frequent site of rallies, protests, and press conferences it organized or supported.

The second corrects an existing sign at East 67th Street and Lexington Avenue, adding the rank patrolman to honor Kenneth Keller of the 19th Precinct, an officer who fell in the line of duty,

ensuring that his service and sacrifice are properly recognized.

And third honors Joan Davidson at Lexington and 75th Street, the corner where she last lived.

A devoted philanthropist, Davidson chaired the New York State Council on the Arts in the 1970s and served as a state park commissioner in the late 1990s, leaving a lasting mark on our state's culture and parks.

I'm honored to bring these co-namings forward, and I also want to recognize and congratulate our very first intern, Key, on graduating both from college and from our office.

We're incredibly proud of these milestones and grateful for her contributions.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilmember.

Councilmember Hankerson, followed by Stevens.