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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew York Official Pushes To Rename Trump Park For Heather Heyer
https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/darrensands/new-york-official-pushes-to-rename-trump-park-for-heatherA New York lawmaker is proposing a bill to rename a state park named after President Donald Trump in honor of the woman run down by a white supremacist in Charlottesville last month.
A bill set to be introduced by Assembly Member Nily Rozic directs the commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to change the name of the park to Heather D. Heyer State Park." The bill cites the commission's policy that state parks should foster and strengthen the sense of purpose, well being and identity of the citizens of this state."
The renaming would acknowledge that its current designation does not reflect the goals of uplifting and unifying New Yorkers, Rozic, a Queens Democrat, said.
Rozic's move renews a push that drew support in both houses of the state legislature, and from the local congressman, in 2015 and 2016. Trump has argued that the state is required to keep his name "prominently displayed" as a condition of his granting the land to New York State.
Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has fiercely criticized Trump, has remained silent on the question of honoring the president with signs for the park on highways north of New York City. The park itself has been closed since 2010, and was recently described as an "ugly and dilapidated ...
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New York Official Pushes To Rename Trump Park For Heather Heyer (Original Post)
JimGinPA
Sep 2017
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MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)2. Fantastic!
gopiscrap
(23,768 posts)3. YES!!!!
marybourg
(12,650 posts)4. His name can be "prominently displayed"
as the donor of the land, if required, in order to avert expensive lawsuits, but the park can be named for Heather Heyer.
JimGinPA
(14,811 posts)5. Yeah, But Not In Gold...
Orange or brown maybe.
marybourg
(12,650 posts)6. Brown would be good. nt
Doreen
(11,686 posts)9. Orange.....lets think about that.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)7. "ugly and dilapidated ...
clearly describes the current namee
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)8. It might not be possible
If Trump donated the land for the park, he probably has a reversionary clause in there that says that it must be named Trump Park in order to stay in public hands. He's probably had a lot of lawyers go over any deals to "give" things away, and they wouldn't miss that one.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)10. That would be wonderful.