CM Wong calls for update of 9/11 hero signs ahead of 25th anniversary

By Paulina Albarracin Posted on March 31, 2026

In a letter sent to the New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Mike Flynn on Wednesday, March 18, Council Member Phil Wong requested that outdated green street co-naming signs honoring FDNY, EMS and NYPD members — who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001 — be replaced with modern red and blue markers.

Wong raised the issue with the agency, asking to identify and replace all such signs ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11 — a solemn milestone marking 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.