New York ( CNN ) -- The two New York police officers shot to death earlier this month in Brooklyn are set to be immortalized in the streets of the city that they swore to protect . New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito announced Wednesday that the city will move to name two streets in honor of the fallen officers , Detectives Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos . A bill to rename a section each of two Brooklyn streets will be introduced and voted on by the New York City Council in January , according to a statement from the mayor . `` Our fallen heroes will never be forgotten . Their memory lives on in their families , and in the NYPD family . And now it will live on in the streets of the communities these brave men lived in and protected , '' de Blasio said . The blocks where the officers lived will bear their names -- a stretch of Ridgewood Avenue for Ramos and of West 6th Street for Liu , the statement said . The City Council members who represent the two detectives ' districts , as well as the chair of the city 's Parks and Recreation Committee , will sponsor the bill , the statement said . Liu and Ramos were shot in their patrol car in Brooklyn on December 20 . The body of their killer , 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley , was found shortly afterward . He had shot himself . The NYPD posthumously promoted Liu and Ramos to the rank of detective .
A plan to be ` ` ' Jose Ramos Way '' and ` ` Detective Wenjian Liu Way '' Mayor Bill de Blasio : ` ` Our fallen heroes will never be forgotten '' The blocks to be renamed , in Brooklyn , are the sites of the Ramos ' Brooklyn home .