NYC Mayor Helps Paint ‘Black Lives Matter’ Mural in Front of Trump Tower

Mayor Bill de Blasio, third from left, participates in painting Black Lives Matter on Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower, in New York on July 9, 2020,. The mayor's wife, Chirlane McCray, is fourth from left and Rev. Al Sharpton is second from left. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joined a number of others to paint the words “Black Lives Matter” in yellow in front of Trump Tower on New York’s Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th streets.

The city shut down a section of Fifth Avenue early Thursday for the mural. The mayor, a Democrat, along with wife Chirlane McCray, Reverend Al Sharpton, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), helped paint the mural.