George Floyd Statue Vandalized in New York City

A statue memorializing George Floyd in New York City’s Union Square Park has been vandalized.

A video released by the NYPD on Monday showed an unidentified man on a skateboard throwing paint on the statue around 10 a.m. Sunday then fleeing. Nearby statues of late Congressman John Lewis and Breonna Taylor, a Louisville, Kentucky, woman shot and killed by police last year, apparently weren’t touched.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared the vandalism an "act of cowardice" in a Monday tweet and said she had directed the state's Hate Crimes Task Force to provide any assistance in the investigation as cops work to find the suspect.

NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.