Local Pol Wants To Rename UWS Street After Ruth Bader Ginsburg

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — An Upper West Side politician wants to rename a neighborhood block after the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Ginsburg, who died on Friday, is best known for her Brooklyn roots within New York City, but the long-time Supreme Court justice also spent some important years on the Upper West Side of Manhattan attending Columbia Law School.

Ginsburg lived at 404 W. 116th Street while she was enrolled at Columbia, after transferring from Harvard. The legendary figure started at the school in 1958, before graduating a year later, and returning in 1972 as a faculty member.

She would go on to become the first female tenured professor in the law school's history.

Council Member Mark Levine is introducing legislation to co-name the W. 116th Street "RBG Way."

RBG was from Brooklyn, but she spent some of her formative years in Manhattan--living at 404 W 116 St. It was here that she emerged as a fierce fighter for equal rights under the law.

This legacy should be honored. We're introducing legislation to co-name the street "RBG Way". pic.twitter.com/BKoIn7PBw8
— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) September 22, 2020

On Saturday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the feminist icon would soon be honored with a statue in her hometown borough of Brooklyn.

"While the family of New York mourns Justice Ginsburg's death, we remember proudly that she started her incredible journey right here in Brooklyn," Cuomo said in a statement.

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