An NYPD-related group was going to do the lights after the Dems tried to put the kibosh on the annual memorial.
Cuomo and de Blasio realized they couldn’t allow the public to figure out that they don’t need government to do everything for them, and then went ahead with the lighting.
I didn’t realize the city did it; I just knew it was done because I could see them from my house in NJ.
Thanks for clarifying!