To: Honorable Mayor Bill de Blasio, Mayor, New York City Council
Allow an exception to the rule which prohibits naming a NY street after anyone who has not been d...
Allow an exception to the rule which prohibits a NY street from being renamed for anyone who has not been deceased for a min of 2 yrs.
This will make it possible to actually do what people who have been signing this petition https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/rename-fifth-avenue-in?source=s.lnk say they want
Why is this important?
There is already a petition to rename the stretch of 5th Avenue in front of Trump tower between 56th and 57th Streets be renamed "President Barack H. Obama Avenue." which currently has 428,245 signatures. This is a very popular idea which has widespread appeal- every day there are more people signing that petition and the goal keeps getting reset as the number continues to rise. This shows that there is already public support for this idea. People want this to happen. Unfortunately, unless an exception is made which will allow for the renaming to occur despite the fact that Obama is currently still living or the rule that requires a person to have been deceased for 2 or more yrs at the time of the renaming is changed and the restriction no longer applies this idea will never become a reality