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By Dawn Plummer

At the corner of 145^th West Street and Riverside Drive in West Harlem now stands the Judge Hubert T. Delany Way. Co-named after the Harlem civil rights pioneer attorney, politician, assistant US attorney, the first Black tax commissioner of New York, and one of the first appointed NY City Black judges.

The bill was sponsored by New York City 7^th Councilmanic District Member, Shaun Abreu, and strongly supported by the former and now retired Harlem Congressman Charles B. Rangle, who knew Judge Hubert Delany. The former US Congressman noted that the one-time civil right attorney was a true representative who served the community of Harlem and the country well. “I can think of no one more-deserving of a ceremonial street-naming than Judge T. Delany,” the former Congressman noted.

Councilmember Abreu is marking the historic event stated that he was filled with pride that Judge Hubert Delany’s name will shine, “because his work must continue. His fight for civil rights, for housing justice, and for the basic respect and dignity for all people must continue…and to also remember our responsibility to carry on the commitments of the courageous… Judge Delany showed us that history is not a static thing,” Abreu added.