Legacy
In 1964, the New York State legislature officially renamed the New York State Thruway in honor of Dewey. Signs on Interstate 95 from the end of the Bruckner Expressway in The Bronx to the Connecticut state line (and vice versa) as well as Interstate 87 and Interstate 90 between the Bronx-Westchester line (on I-87) and the New York-Pennsylvania line (on I-90) designate the name as Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway, though this official designation is rarely used in reference to these roads.
Dewey's official papers from his years in politics and public life were given to the University of Rochester; they are housed in the university library and are available to historians and other writers.
In 2005, the New York City Bar Association named an award after Dewey. The Thomas E. Dewey Medal, sponsored by the law firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, is awarded annually to one outstanding Assistant District Attorney in each of New York City's five counties (New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx, and Richmond). The Medal was first awarded on November 29, 2005.
In May, 2012, Dewey & LeBoeuf (the successor firm to Dewey Ballantine) filed for bankruptcy.
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