Saddled with being a convicted felon on 34 counts related to paying hush money to an adult film star, Donald Trump could now suffer the indignity of having his name stripped from a state park — a move that has been simmering for five years.
According to a report from the New York Times, the former president has seen his name taken down on more than a handful of buildings and properties as his unpopularity has skyrocketed.
As the Times is reporting, "less than 24 hours after he became the first American president to be convicted of a felony, state lawmakers are looking to revive a push to strip Mr. Trump of one of his few remaining monuments: Donald J. Trump State Park."
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The report notes that the former president donated the 436 acres to the state of New York in 2006 when his plans to develop a luxury gold course collapsed. In return he received "a substantial tax deduction," with the Times reporting he valued the property at $26.1 million.
However the park, without funding for maintenance, has fallen into decline and was shuttered leading one Democratic lawmaker, State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, to suggest in 2019 — before Donald Trump's second bid to be president went down in flames — "removing Mr. Trump’s name from the park, arguing that keeping the then-president’s name was contrary to the state parks’ mission of uplifting and unifying New Yorkers. The measure passed the Senate in 2021, but has yet to come to the floor of the Assembly."
Now that Trump is a convicted felon, Hoylman-Sigal has renewed the call to take the disgraced ex-President's name down.
The Times is reporting, "A current version of the bill has been filed, but has yet to make it out of committee. And 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."
According to Hoylman-Sigal, interest in heh bill has jumped with the Manhattan verdict, telling the Times, "We hope the verdict primes the pump.”
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