to collect that fine.

17 cents on the dollar like his casino taxes in Jersey. Oh, wait...Christie can't help him this time.

Greedy SOB>


....But buildings officials found the Republican presidential nominee violated those rules by removing the 22-foot marble bench and installing kiosks selling Trump merchandise.

The kiosks have since been removed, and city officials confirmed the bench was reinstalled Aug. 3.

I mean, trump is a dipshit, but the article really doesnt spell out WHY the law was being broken by moving a BENCH. You have to have a bench in the lobby to be considered publicly accessible? Why? Is this just some large city BS?
Just sounds a bit silly to me

until 10pm each night. It has an atrium and the bench allows for public seating to rest, talk, or just for your day-to-day people watching. In other words people can hang out.

They got it by agreeing that this swath of land would be landscaped and maintained by the hotel and that it would be public property, available for picnickers and frisbee players and whatnot.

Trouble is, the public doesn't know that. It looks like the front lawn of this fancy hotel, and it has an implied Keep Off the Grass sign. There is not a single bench, not a single table, not a single meandering stone path. Not a single person aside from the occasional gardener trimming the bushes that edge it.

See what I'm saying?

In NYC if you want to build higher or wider than the space is zoned for, an arrangement is often negotiated that lays out terms for public access. It's a binding contract. Allocate a specific amount of square footage of your building's footprint as public access and you can build 5 stories higher. Or something like that.

He got the variance he wanted. When he puts up the kiosk he's taking away from the square footage of public space he was contractually obligated to maintain.

Can't pull down those extra 5 stories now right? It's a big F U to the city.

Selling Trump knick knacks.

I'd rather pump septic tanks. Pay is probably better.

Selling Trump teddy bears and Trump Kids tee shirts. Why stop there....just add kiosks at all the monuments. I'm sure we can move the statue of Lincoln to the side a little bit to make room for Donald's books and key chains.

This man/child knows no boundaries. And as someone else suggested...good luck with collecting that fine.

Everything is rigged against him. Even Nature has dealt him cruel blows.