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Yonkers council moves renaming of Ravine Avenue and Union Place to ‘Sadie Oliver Way’ to tonight’s agenda after family testimony
Summary
The Yonkers City Council closed a public hearing on Nov. 12, 2025, after family members testified in favor of a resolution to honorarily rename Ravine Avenue and Union Place “Sadie Oliver Way.” A council member moved the item from the rules committee to the council’s agenda for a vote later that evening.
Yonkers City Council held a public hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, to consider a resolution to honorarily rename Ravine Avenue and Union Place as "Sadie Oliver Way." After family members and residents described Sadie Oliver’s decades of neighborhood service, a council member moved to bring the item from the rules committee to the council’s agenda for a vote later that evening.
At the hearing, Nikkia Oliver described Sadie Oliver as “a great woman” who “was the backbone to the community,” citing more than 30 years of work at a local group home known in the testimony as Graham and…
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