New York.- The New York City Council approved measures this Thursday to rename 26 avenues and public spaces after victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and to request that the state legislature and the governor incorporate an educational program about that day in all schools across the state.
The names can be found on a new City Hall page dedicated to the 9/11 commemoration, with interactive maps and other data, a statement indicates.
“The City Council keeps the memory of 9/11 alive: 25 years of commemoration” is the title that heads the page, under which there is a photo of buildings illuminated at night and in the middle, the two columns of blue light that every year remember the victims of the attack.
“Many of our family members, friends, neighbors, exceptional, brave, and outstanding people lost their lives that morning at the World Trade Center. Since then, we have continued to lose many more due to the consequences and illnesses related to 9/11,” the message on the page states.
Twenty-five years later, more than 30% of the local population was born in the years that followed or was too young to remember what happened, he adds.
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Renaming more streets is a way for new generations to learn about the losses and the stories of heroism, compassion, and unity of New Yorkers, he adds.
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Most of the honorees are members of the Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services (FDNY/EMS), while a large number of monuments also honor police and civilian victims.
On the new City Hall website, the public will be able to access information about the budget, Council working committees, land use legislation, and other law proposals.
“Twenty-five years ago, the attacks on the World Trade Center changed our city forever. Amidst the tragedy, the heroism and unity we all witnessed were the driving force that ultimately rebuilt our city,” Council Member Julie Menin stated in the release.
Among the package of other measures approved today is the recognition of dancer Alvin Ailey and the establishment of a registry for burial sites associated with enslaved people or historically African American communities.
