Maddox, who worked together with Rev. Al Sharpton and disbarred attorney C. Vernon Mason, became an advocate for victims of police abuse in some of the most racially divisive cases in the city.
A police officer killed in the line of duty, an influential Black lawmaker, a relentless labor leader and a Burger King cashier killed in an East Harlem shooting are among the honorees in a street naming bill passed by the City Council on Thursday