NYC Will Paint 'Black Lives Matter' On City Streets

NEW YORK CITY — One street in each of the five boroughs will be painted to send a message to New York City: Black Lives Matter.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday the city will rename five streets to honor the Black Lives Matter movement as calls for police reform intensify in City Hall and in mass protests across the nation.

“It’s time to do something officially representing this city," de Blasio said. "To represent the fundamental power of Black Lives Matter.”

Five locations to show the messages— one near City Hall — were not immediately specified.

This action mirrors Washington, DC, where Mayor Muriel Bowser had “Black Lives Matter” painted on streets leading to the White House.

Thousands of demonstrators have spent past weeks demanding police policy reform in the wake of the death of George Floyd, the man killed on May 25 with a Minneapolis cop's knee on his neck.

During one such protest in Brooklyn last week, Black Lives Matter protesters booed and turned their backs on the mayor when he tried to address them.