Judge rules New York condo board may remove 'Trump' name
Source: The Washington Post
By David A. Fahrenthold May 3 at 12:07 PM
NEW YORK — A New York state judge ruled Thursday that a high-rise condo building called “Trump Place” may remove that name from its facade, rejecting an argument from President Trump’s company that the building was permanently obligated to keep it.
Judge Eileen Bransten rejected the main argument of the Trump Organization: That the license agreement that allowed the building at 200 Riverside Boulevard to call itself “Trump Place” also barred the building from ever taking the name down.
“That simply is not what the document says,” Bransten said, reading her ruling aloud from the bench in a lower Manhattan state court house.
Instead, Bransten said, the condo association may vote to rename the building, even if the Trump Organization objects. She granted a “summary judgment” motion, ruling for the condo board at an early stage of the case.
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Sad. 
Although it wouldn't work in Canada. Here in Vancouver we have those giant ugly gold letters hanging over one of our major downtown streets. But we've been told when someone tried to legally remove his name from a Toronto apartment, that Trump has some kind of iron clad garantee that even any future owner must keep his rancid name on their building. Sweet deal for Trump. He doesn't even build buildings anymore, he just leases out his "good" name for marketing purposes to slap onto highrises. Personally I don't know how anyone could even live in one of his branded buildings. Walking under those letters every day. 