A Queens street corner will be co-named in honor of the late Sylvia Weprin, the matriarch of a political family that includes incumbent state Assemblymember David Weprin and the pol's two predecessors in the seat: his brother Mark and father Saul.
Following Saul’s death, Sylvia became more active in civic life: she joined Queens Community Board 8 and served on the boards of numerous organizations, such as the Queens Botanical Garden and the Queens Symphony Orchestra.
Sylvia Weprin is, of course, far from the first relative of an incumbent pol to be honored in such a way. She’s not even the first Weprin: in 1995, two miles of 188th Street, between Hillside Avenue and the Long Island Expressway, were co-named Saul Weprin Street.Marie Bichotte, the mother of Brooklyn Democratic boss and Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, and Dr. Robert Cornegy Sr., the father of then-Councilmember Robert Cornegy Jr.
And perhaps the most notable example was when former Gov. Andrew Cuomo named the newly rebuilt Tappan Zee Bridge for his late father, and former governor, Mario Cuomo.
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