In September 2017 , New York 's 25th Assembly District Representative Nily Rozic , a Democrat , suggested renaming the park in honor of Heather Heyer , who died in the Charlottesville car attack protesting the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville , Virginia . No renaming of the park has been undertaken and the proposal was largely ignored . Rozic , along with New York State Senator Brad Hoylman , reintroduced legislation to rename the park in 2018 but it did not make it out of committee . They again introduced legislation in 2019 to rename the park
Charlottesville car attack
Charlottesville car attack
Donald J. Trump State Park