A New York legislator raised the idea of introducing a new bill that would prevent public buildings from being named after convicted felons – an action designed solely to prohibit Penn Station from being renamed after President Trump.
The New York Post reports State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D-Manhattan) raised the concept of the bill after Gov. Kathy Hochul declared she would not stop the renaming of the Manhattan transit hub as “Trump Station” if the president could complete the long-delayed renovation of the facility. Trump took over the renovation project from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and handed it to the federal government; Hochul pulled $1.3 billion in state funds earmarked for the endeavor, saying the initiative was no longer the responsibility of the state.
While no one has formally proposed renaming Penn Station after the president, Holyman-Sigal wants to cancel any chance of it happening.
“I don’t think public officials who are convicted of a felony should have any state or municipal building named after them,” said Hoylman-Sigal. “We must hold our government officials to the highest standard and the names of our public facilities should reflect those values.”
Last year, Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection to hush-money payments made to former porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump said the prosecution was politically motivated and is appealing the verdict.
wow… guess they are preparing for Letitia James rase to fame… lol… she will go down in history as a hack and a big loser… no building will ever be named after her. Expect she will be seeing her day in court soon and her dis barment. enjoy the show… 🙂
Ridiculous! We all know President Trump was tried with lies and fraudulent motives which included main motive of making sure he did not run for President.
Let see, how about naming it for the President of the United States.
State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D-Manhattan) is obviously a True and Loyal Democratic. With all the issues he could try to combat for the good of New York he chooses the battle of preventing Trump’s name of the Manhattan substation. He should take a good look at the behavior of the Democratic Party and work on it!