{"id":104779,"date":"2026-01-19T16:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/104779\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T16:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:14:09","slug":"these-new-york-landmarks-will-be-illuminated-for-martin-luther-king-jr-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/104779\/","title":{"rendered":"These New York landmarks will be illuminated for Martin Luther King Jr. Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than a dozen New York state landmarks will be illuminated Monday in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gov. Kathy Hochul directed 17 iconic locations in New York City and other regions of the state to be lit red, green and black tonight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The governor’s office said the special lighting will celebrate King’s “enduring message of nonviolence, hope, equality and justice.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“New York has always been a place where people rise against injustice. As we honor Dr. King’s life and legacy, I remain committed to building a state that embodies the principles of one of America’s most significant leaders for social justice, freedom and equality,” Hochul said. “Today and every day, we will work to make New York a more affordable, just and equitable place for all.”<\/p>\n

\"King<\/p>\n

Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a speech to a crowd of approximately 7,000 people on May 17, 1967 at UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza in Berkeley, California.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Here are the landmarks that will be lit up for MLK Day:<\/p>\n

1WTCGovernor Mario M. Cuomo BridgeKosciuszko BridgeThe H. Carl McCall SUNY BuildingState Education BuildingAlfred E. Smith State Office BuildingEmpire State PlazaState Fairgrounds \u2013 Main Gate & Expo CenterNiagara FallsThe “Franklin D. Roosevelt” Mid-Hudson BridgeGrand Central Terminal – Pershing Square ViaductAlbany International Airport GatewayLake Placid Olympic CenterMTA LIRR – East End Gateway at Penn StationFairport Lift Bridge over the Erie CanalMoynihan Train HallRoosevelt Island Lighthouse<\/p>\n

The Empire State Building<\/a> will also have red, black and green lighting tonight.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than a dozen New York state landmarks will be illuminated Monday in recognition of Martin Luther King…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[426,46296,9,11,10],"class_list":{"0":"post-104779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-kathy-hochul","9":"tag-mlk-day","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}