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The article focuses on the renaming of the Park at Bowling Green Park as Immigrant Heritage Plaza by New York City Mayor Eric Adam's Office of Immigrant Affairs on January 18, 2023, which was attended by Commissioners Manuel Castro and Laurie Cumbo.

The article reports on the move by the government of Harlem, New York to co-name the West 122nd Street and Mount Morris Park West street as 'Bishop James P. Roberts Sr. Way.'

The article reports on ceremony hosted by Newark mayor Ras J. Baraka to re-name Washington Park as Harriet Tubman Square and mentions plans to create the Newark Arts and Education District.

The article focuses on the termination of renaming the Neighborhood of Manhattan, Harlem South as SoHa. Topic includes views on concluding the renaming process as it attracts more crowd to the re-establishing neighborhood by Real estate company, Keller Williams Realty. An overview by Member of the New York State Senate, Bill Perkins is presented on the naming of the place should be determined by the people but not the developers and organizational entity.

The article focuses on a petition by residents and students in Nashville, Tennessee to rename Hadley Park that sits between two historically Black colleges, after civil rights leader Malcolm X. Topics covered include the claim by petitioners that the park which bears the name of plantation and slave owner John L. Hadley is offensive, their argument that the current name is an insult and a haunting reminder to Black residents, and the main challenge facing the petition.

The article reports on efforts of New York Senator Brian Benjamin to end the use of the term SoHa when describing Harlem south of 125th street in New York City.

The article focuses on the protest against geographic renaming of Harlem neighborhood and businesses in New York as SoHa by social activists, and talks of encouraging policy makers to propose legislation for preventing the renaming.