Contact: Sunny Mindel (212) 788-2958
Jennifer Chait (212 788-8479
The first bill before me, Introductory Number 479, sponsored by Council Members Golden, Dear and Abel, would add, through the posting of an additional sign, the name "Police Officer Charles Oddo Interchange," to the entire 65th to 67th Street Interchange on the Belt Parkway, in Brooklyn.
Charles Oddo was born on November 30, 1963. He served his community as a volunteer firefighter and paramedic prior to joining the New York City Police Department in 1990. Police Officer Oddo served in the First Precinct in Manhattan from 1990 until 1995 when he was assigned to Highway Two Headquarters on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn.
On February 17, 1999, while Officer Oddo was directing traffic around an oil tanker that had overturned on the Belt Parkway at 65th Street, he was struck and killed by an oncoming vehicle.
In view of his dedication and sacrifice, it is fitting that the entire 65th to 67th Street Interchange on the Belt Parkway be named "Police Officer Charles Oddo Interchange."
For the reasons previously stated, I will now sign the bill.