Video shows NYC subway station renamed after Ruth Bader Ginsburg

An unknown person rearranged a mosaic panel to rename a New York City subway station after the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

ABC7 New York tweeted out a video showing that someone changed the name of the city’s 50th Street subway station to “Ruth Street” after her death as Rosh Hashanah began. 

The name change occurred on a mosaic panel at the station on the C/E line, where the “50” was transformed into an “RU.” It is unclear who made the adjustment.

Someone has renamed the 50th Street C Train station in Manhattan. The 50th street mosaic panel now reads “RUth St.” in honor of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg #RBG #ruthst #NYC pic.twitter.com/cKkOFboczp

— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) September 20, 2020

Overnight, someone changed New York City’s C train 50th street subway station into “Ruth Street” to honor the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. https://t.co/zHh4uN5w6Y pic.twitter.com/QjQDS9Znak

— ABC News (@ABC) September 20, 2020

The tribute to Ginsburg follows after other subway station signs were changed after Aretha Franklin’s death in 2018 and Prince’s death in 2016. The recognition of Franklin later inspired the subway to put up black-and-white signs that said “Respect” at the Franklin Avenue stop.

Ginsburg, who served on the Supreme Court since 1993 and was a Brooklyn, N.Y., native, died of complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer Friday evening.

Her death has sparked an intense partisan debate on whether President Trump should nominate her replacement and whether the Senate should hold a confirmation vote as Election Day sits 44 days away.

Trump has said he expects to nominate a woman to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. 

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has committed to having a confirmation vote for whomever Trump nominates, despite blocking Merrick Garland’s confirmation nine months ahead of the election in 2016, due to concerns it was too close to Election Day.