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 long-running youth and neighborhood programs that kept children busy and connected to school. "She introduced me to reading," Nikkia Oliver said, describing volunteer programs, sports activities and block events organized by her grandmother.

Kayvon Oliver, who identified himself as Sadie Oliver’s grandson, said he learned more about his grandmother during the pandemic and credited her with helping establish Sam Park and other neighborhood improvements. He told the council she was the oldest living resident on Ravine Avenue when she died and urged the council to honor her memory.

Alicia Middleton, introduced in the record as Sadie Oliver’s daughter, said her mother organized tree plantings and community events, coordinated with local groups and led a neighborhood committee. "She is worthy of that," Middleton said, asking the council to approve the renaming to recognize the work her mother did for the block.

The public hearing notice in the record—signed by City Clerk Vincent Spano and dated Oct. 28, 2025—identified the matter as a resolution to honor the family and community’s request to honorarily rename the two streets. Council staff announced two speakers had signed up; in addition to those sign-ups, family members from the gallery also addressed the council during public comment.

After public testimony, the council president closed the hearing and a council member from the district moved to move the item from the rules committee onto the council’s agenda that night for a vote. The motion received a second and a third and was granted; the transcript does not record a roll-call vote or the names of the mover and second.

The council is expected to consider the resolution later the same evening; the transcript does not record the outcome of that subsequent vote.