NYC to name Central Park gate in honor of teens falsely convicted of 1989 rape

Gate of the Exonerated' will be inscribed in sandstone at the northern end of the park following a three-year effort

New York City is naming a gate in Central Park in honor of the five men who, as teenagers, were wrongfully convicted of the 1989 rape of a jogger and spent years in prison before being exonerated. The city's public design commission unanimously approved the project on Monday.

Gate of the Exonerated" will be inscribed in sandstone at the northern end of the park following a three-year effort that grew out of discussions within the community, John Reddick of the Central Park Conservancy told the board.