Jeffries wants community center named for slain cops
Calling slain NYPD detectives Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu “American heroes,” U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries has issued a formal request to New York City to have a Bedford-Stuyvesant community center located near the scene of their murders to be named after them.
Jeffries (D-Brooklyn-Queens), a member of Congressional Black Caucus leadership and the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter sent to New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Chairwoman Shola Olatoye asking that the Tompkins Community Center be named in honor of the slain detectives.
Dec. 20 will mark the one-year anniversary of the assassination.