Mayor helps paint 'Black Lives Matter' outside Trump Tower
Mayor Bill de Blasio, third from left, participates in painting Black Lives Matter on Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower, Thursday, July 9, 2020, in New York. Al Sharpton as he helped paint the racial justice rallying cry in giant yellow letters on Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower. Our streets!When we say Black Lives Matter, there is no more American statement, there is no more patriotic statement because there is no America without Black America, de Blasio said. We are acknowledging the truth of ourselves as Americans by saying Black Lives Matter. We are righting a wrong.The mayor announced the plan to paint Black Lives Matter in front of Trump Tower last month after earlier saying the slogan would be painted on streets at several locations around the city. Trump lived in Trump Tower before he took office as president but has spent little time there since.
Soccer star Allie Long's key to NYC stolen from her hotel room
As the Women's World Cup soccer champions celebrate their fourth trophy, someone went into midfielder Allie Long's hotel room and took money and a few very special personal items. Long tweeted Thursday that someone stole her belongings after ESPN's 2019 ESPY Awards (where the team took home the Best Team title). "Someone stole my wedding ring, cash and the key to my favorite city after just receiving it from my hotel room. Each of the players on the team received a key to New York City by Mayor Bill de Blasio after their victory parade in Manhattan. "This team brought us together and this team showed us so much to make us hopeful," he said.