Verdict Renews Push To Strip Trump’s Name From Park

June 2, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies

The New York Times reports:

State lawmakers are looking to revive a push to strip Mr. Trump of one of his few remaining monuments: Donald J. Trump State Park. Mr. Trump donated the 436-acre plot to the State of New York in 2006 after plans to develop it into a luxurious private golf course fell apart. He had purchased the land for less than $3 million in the late 1990s, and received a substantial tax deduction in return. The precise value of this gift is not clear, but Mr. Trump has valued it at $26.1 million.

But without an endowment to fund park maintenance, or additional support from the state, the park fell into disrepair. By 2010, the state had opted to shutter it rather than pay for its upkeep, enraging the future president. “If they’re going to close it, I’ll take the land back,” he fumed to a New York Times reporter at the time. With just four legislative days left in the session before it is scheduled to end on June 6, any bill would seem to face an uphill climb.

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Democratic state Sen. Brad Hoylman first pushed through a bill to strip Trump’s name from the park in 2021, but the bill died in the Assembly.

He tells the Times that this week’s verdict may have finally “primed the pump” for passage. See Hoylman’s 2021 plea below during a virtual budget hearing.



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