Breaking

NYC to start painting Black Lives Matter mural outside Trump Tower - New York Post
Jul 09, 2020 1 min, 1 sec

New York City will begin painting a large Black Lives Matter mural along Fifth Avenue outside Trump Tower on Thursday, sources told The Post.

The mayor had planned to start work on the mural last week but postponed the painting a day after President Trump condemned the idea as a “symbol of hate.”.

“NYC is cutting Police $’s by ONE BILLION DOLLARS, and yet the @NYCMayor is going to paint a big, expensive, yellow Black Lives Matter sign on Fifth Avenue, denigrating this luxury Avenue,” Trump wrote in a series of tweets last Wednesday morning.

“Maybe our GREAT Police, who have been neutralized and scorned by a mayor who hates & disrespects them, won’t let this symbol of hate be affixed to New York’s greatest street,” Trump went on.

WNBC first reported the new start date for the Trump Tower mural Wednesday night

The mural is among several the city has committed to painting around the five boroughs and comes after identical murals were completed in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and St

‘You can’t win!’: NYC parents outraged over ‘blend..

‘You can’t win!’: NYC parents outraged over ‘blend..

This story has been shared 175,258 times

This story has been shared 56,818 times

This story has been shared 46,874 times

RECENT NEWS

SUBSCRIBE

Get monthly updates and free resources.

CONNECT WITH US

© Copyright 2024 365NEWSX - All RIGHTS RESERVED