New York is honoring one of its most iconic legal figures with a public memorial in Brooklyn—and artists are being invited to help shape the tribute. Governor Kathy Hochul announced the launch of a design competition on September 29 for a permanent memorial dedicated to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The memorial will be located at Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, not far from where Ginsburg was born and raised. “Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a daughter of Brooklyn who became a giant of American jurisprudence,” said Governor Hochul. The project is backed by a $1 million state grant through Empire State Development, and the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Commission—established in 2020—is raising private funds to further support the effort.