{"id":2353992,"date":"2024-10-12T10:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T14:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-fights-to-change-name-of-new-yorks-donald-trump-state-park-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-12T10:33:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T14:33:06","slug":"group-fights-to-change-name-of-new-yorks-donald-trump-state-park-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-fights-to-change-name-of-new-yorks-donald-trump-state-park-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Group fights to change name of New York&#8217;s Donald Trump State Park &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgroup-fights-to-change-name-of-new-yorks-donald-trump-state-park-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2353992&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Democratic group, supported\u200c by\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-president-trump-is-traveling-to-gettysburg-to-meet-with-gop-lawmakers\/\" title=\"Reports: President Trump Is Traveling to Gettysburg to Meet with GOP Lawmakers\">state lawmakers<\/a>,\u200d is advocating for the renaming of Donald Trump State Park, located\u2062 just outside New York \u200cCity. The park was donated by Trump in 2006 in return for it\u200b being named\u200b after him. However, following Trump&#8217;s rise in politics, there has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calls-to-ban-telegram-in-u-s-run-into-growing-opposition\/\" title=\"Calls to ban Telegram in U.S. run into growing opposition\">growing opposition<\/a> to the name. The group, MoveOn, \u200dinitiated a\u2063 petition about a year ago aiming to change the park&#8217;s name, reflecting a broader effort among some\u2063 politicians and residents to dissociate the area from the controversial figure.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democratic group fights to change name of New York&rsquo;s Donald Trump State Park<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1834130\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>There&rsquo;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-state-assembly-moves-to-rename-donald-j-trump-state-park\/\" title=\"New York State Assembly Moves To Rename Donald J. Trump State Park\">state park<\/a> a little more than an hour outside of New York City called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> State Park, and there&rsquo;s a movement for the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> park<\/a> to have its name changed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump donated the <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">436-acre park in Westchester and Putnam counties to the state of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York&nbsp;<\/a>in 2006, and in exchang<\/span>e, the park was named after him.<\/p>\n<p>But in recent years, with Trump&rsquo;s full emergence onto the political stage, state lawmakers and a progressive group have worked to have the park&rsquo;s name changed. The group, MoveOn, said it started the petition a year ago, and <a href=\"https:\/\/sign.moveon.org\/petitions\/rename-donald-j-trump-state-park?source=unb&amp;after_action=ssd3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>it has amassed<\/a> nearly 110,000 signatures.<\/p>\n<p>And Democratic Assemblywoman Dana Levenberg, along with Democratic State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, introduced a bill last year that would change the park&rsquo;s name.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People really are offended when they&rsquo;re driving around and they have to see the name of the former president on the name of a state park,&rdquo; Levenberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/new-york-playbook-pm\/2024\/10\/11\/ny-mayor-campaign-filings-brad-lander-eric-adams-scott-stringer-00183485?nname=new-york-playbook-pm&amp;nid=00000177-6f21-d412-abff-6ff79d730000&amp;nrid=f30a4edf-4720-44be-853f-499f03445417&amp;nlid=2693080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>, citing a constituent survey&nbsp;she conducted last year on the topic. &ldquo;It just turns people&rsquo;s stomachs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While New York overwhelmingly voted against Trump in the past two elections, the park is located in a region represented by Republicans. Republican Assemblymember Matt Slater, whose district falls in the park, noted that neither host community has requested that the park&rsquo;s name be changed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1834130\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1834130\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats push to rename New York&#8217;s Donald Trump State Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2353993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DT-Reno.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14436,42861,42862,42863,42864],"class_list":["post-2353992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-activism","tag-donaldtrumpstatepark","tag-namechangecampaign","tag-newyorkpolitics","tag-publicland"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DT-Reno.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2353993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}