New York mayor Bill de Blasio helps paint Black Lives Matter mural in front of Trump Tower

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Work has begun on the “Black Lives Matter” mural being painted outside Trump Tower in New York, after Donald Trump described it as a "symbol of hate." The Reverend Al Sharpton, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray, paint a new Black Lives Matter mural outside of Trump Tower Mr Trump, who tear-gassed protesters outside the White House and denounced Black Lives Matter demonstrations over the past month, said New Yorkers would be “denigrating this luxury Avenue” with the mural. The US president also pushed New York’s police department to block the mural’s installation, after Mr de Blasio and New York City council passed budget cuts on the department last week. New York’s Black Lives Matter mural comes after Washington DC mayor Muriel Bowser painted the same letters on what was renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza amid demonstrations last month.