The Trump Organization will offload its rights to operate a Bronx golf course to a company that is seeking to build a casino in New York City.
FILE Patrons play the links as a giant branding sign is displayed with flagstones at Trump Golf Links, at Ferry Point in the Bronx borough of New York, May 4, 2021. The Trump Organization has sold its right to operate a public golf course in the Bronx, city officials confirmed, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, offloading control of the city-owned property to a company that is seeking to build a casino in New York City.
The deal appeared to mark a resolution in the city’s battle to rid the course of its association with the former president, whose bold-faced name has for years greeted drivers passing the course on the Whitestone Bridge.with the Trump Organization, claiming that Trump’s incitement of rioters gave the city legal authority to do so.by a state judge last year, a ruling that would have allowed the Trump Organization to operate the course through the expiration of its lease in 2035.
In a statement, city Comptroller Brad Lander said he was “delighted that Trump’s name will no longer deface city parkland.”Earlier this year, Bally’s told the New York Times it hadto take over a smaller portion of the property, promising to remove Trump’s name only if they were awarded one of the highly coveted casino licenses.
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