Tenants of the high-rise in New Rochelle, New York, want to abandon the name which has at times affected real estate value

While Donald Trump endures the ignominy of being the first former US president to face criminal trial, there is further humiliation brewing, with a movement to strip the Trump name from a building in his home state.

Residents at Trump Plaza, a 40-story high-rise in the suburban New York city of New Rochelle, are pushing for the building to be renamed and to escape a near-two decade association with the legally-troubled ex-president and real estate mogul.

It would follow the slew of buildings in New York City and elsewhere that have abandoned the Trump name since he entered politics, as Trump has become a divisive, much-loathed figure by liberals even as he is loved by his fans.

Owners of Trump Plaza apartments – there are 194 units – are in the middle of a vote which would further erase Trump’s name – something which would not just have implications for the people who live in the building.

  • @dynamojoe@lemmy.world
    13•7 months ago

    from Florida - didn’t he even move his “home state” status there officially a couple years back?

    He did. Probably for tax purposes. As a native, I would like the states to the north to quit sending us your racist grandparents!

    • @OpenStars@startrek.websiteEnglish
      5•7 months ago

      Maybe DeSantis should spend a billion dollars building a wall, to keep out the immigrants from NYC!? :-P

      He already effectively did that to keep out Disney it seems. :-|

      When [NYC] sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.

      -Donald Trump

      • Tiefling IRL
        2•7 months ago

        In this case it’s true. Sane NYers don’t move to Florida.