The Brooklyn Municipal Building in downtown Brooklyn will be named after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mayor Bill de Blasio annonced at his briefing Tuesday morning.
Ginsburg grew up in the borough's Midwood section, and attended James Madison High School.
“We want to make sure that we honor her in every conceivable way, and especially in the borough that she came from, that gave her so much of her strength and spirit, the borough of Brooklyn," de Blasio said. "What an extraordinary opportunity to say to the people of Brooklyn, ‘Here’s one of your own who changed the world. Here’s someone of, by and for Brooklyn and this city who did greatest things on the world stage.’ And that building will carry her name forever more.”
On Sunday, Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams tweeted, "It’s also past time we put her name on the Brooklyn Municipal Building to honor this daughter of Brooklyn for her lasting contributions to our country."
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