What happened to Donald Trump's Adopt-A-Highway sign
President Donald Trump's name has been temporarily removed from an Adopt-A-Highway sign in New York City after a vandal splashed black paint on it.
The New York City Department of Transportation confirmed Thursday the small blue sign on the Henry Hudson Parkway had been a target of vandalism.
The sign marks a two-mile stretch of the parkway on Manhattan's West Side that the Trump Organization sponsors through the city's Adopt-A-Highway program.
The DOT described the vandalism as "splashes of black paint." The sign will soon be replaced, according to the city.
"The sign will be replaced in its original state," a DOT spokesperson wrote in an email.
Up since at least 2009, the sign featured the name Donald J. Trump in large, black, all-caps font.
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Above and below Trump's name are standard markings for the highway sponsorship program: Henry Hudson Parkway Beautification at the top, and Adopt-A-Highway at the bottom.
The Trump Organization did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.
Road signs bearing Trump's name have become targets for vandalism since the Republican was elected last year.
The Adopt-A-Highway sign in Manhattan has been targeted at least twice before, with vandals using tape and paper in February to make it say "STOP TRUMP". In March 2016, a vandal used a similar method to make an anatomical reference on the sign.
In April, a 32-year-old Yorktown man was arrested and accused of stealing the welcome sign to the Westchester County portion of Donald J. Trump State Park. The sign was immediately replaced.
Trump donated 436 acres of land in Putnam and Westchester counties to the state in 2006 to create a park, which was never fully developed.
The land deal required Trump's name to be "prominently displayed" at all entrances.