DeBlasio Says Street in Each of NYC's Borough to be Renamed 'Black Lives Matter'

A street in each of New York City’s five boroughs will be renamed “Black Lives Matter,” says Mayor Bill de Blasio.

“It’s time to do something officially representing this city to recognize the power of the fundamental idea of Black Lives Matter, the idea that so much of American history has wrongly renounced, but now must be affirmed,” de Blasio said during his daily City Hall press briefing Tuesday.

The city will also paint its roadways to honor the Black Lives Matter movement.

“What will be clear [is] the street name and on the streets of our city is that message that now this city must fully, fully deeply feel, and this nation must as well, that black lives matter,” said de Blasio.

The announcement comes following nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man, while in police custody.

Black Lives Matter murals are popping up on city streets around the U.S., including in Washington, D.C., where Mayor Muriel Bowser renamed the intersection at H and 16^th streets, “Black Lives Matter Plaza” and commissioned artists to paint the words in big, yellow letters.

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