From NY Post:
The three-story painting of Zarutska— who made national headlines when she was stabbed to death by a homeless ex-con on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina in August — was installed on an apartment building in a trendy section of Bushwick a few weeks ago.
The artwork on the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Evergreen Street is part of a campaign launched by conservative tech CEO Eoghan McCabe to honor the 23-year-old aspiring artist with murals depicting her in several cities. He told The Post he wanted to highlight how crime in liberal areas can lead to tragedies like Zarutska’s death.
“I started this campaign to make sure that the story of Iryna does not disappear. Her murder is at the nexus of many issues plaguing American society. For example, one is the progressive approach to crime,” McCabe said.
While some find the mural beautiful, others are fuming.
“It has become part of the endless fodder that balloons our police department budgets and welcomes masked unaccountable thugs into our neighborhoods to kidnap our friends, family, and neighbors,” a Redditor wrote.
“This needs to come down,” wrote another person. “Of course she deserves to be memorialized, but using her memory to stoke racial tensions is sick. The motivation behind this is evil.”
“This woman — it’s unfortunate what happened to her — but how do you connect her to Bushwick?” a graphic artist named Joe who lives in the area told The Post. “A lot of people around here don’t like him so maybe this is his way to use his money to stick it to us. Go find somewhere else where they support you and your politics.”
A mural depicting Iryna Zarutska, at the corner of Evergreen Avenue and Jefferson Street in Bushwick. #SayHerName pic.twitter.com/exKXo0jJdc
— Crime In NYC (@Crime_In_NYC) January 14, 2026
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