Brooklyn —
In an unexpected turn, a Brooklyn community board voted to approve a controversial street co-naming petition in honor of a politically connected woman who died of a drug overdose in 2011.
Donna M. Airoldi
SIGNS OF DISCORD: A community board vote to rename a Brooklyn street for a young white women frustrated those seeking similar honors for prominent African Americans like Cecil A. Collymore, a longtime Putnam Avenue community leader.
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