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August 4, 2015

Will Billy Joel have to die to get his name on a New York highway?

By MICHAEL BALSAMO
Associated Press

HICKSVILLE, N.Y. — A street through Billy Joel's hometown may someday bear his name but a group of New York lawmakers, for now at least, like the signs for Route 107 just the way they are.

The proposed honor for the Piano Man is being held up over a difference of opinion over a simple question: Should the state name things after people while they are still alive?


 
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