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<li><b>August, 1982: Donald Trump proposed housing homeless people in his building at 100 Central Park South in an effort to encourage tenants to voluntarily leave their rent-controlled apartments inside the building.</b> “All sorts of suggestions for housing the city's many homeless men and women have made their way to Robert Trobe, the Human Resources Administration official responsible for these lost souls. […] None of the ideas have appealed to Mr. Trobe, and now he has yet another offer to contemplate. It comes from Donald Trump, the developer, who wrote to the city agency that he would make apartments in one of his buildings available for the homeless at no cost to the city. This building, it might be noted, is at 100 Central Park South - not a run-of-the-mill location for shelters. Ten of the 100 rent-controlled or stabilized apartments are vacant, Mr. Trump said, and he hopes to empty the entire building within two years, to remake it into a hotel. ‘Multimillionaires’ live there, he said, and ‘I do not believe multimillionaires should be protected in rent-controlled apartments.’ But until renovations can begin, he added, why not give shelter to the more unfortunate? Mr. Trump agreed that putting these people there could measurably speed the emptying process, but he asserted, ‘I don't care.’ Meanwhile, Mr. Trobe said that while he would give the letter thought, ‘it hardly looks like something we would be interested in.’” (<i>New York Times</i>, August 7, 1982) | <li><b>August, 1982: Donald Trump proposed housing homeless people in his building at 100 Central Park South in an effort to encourage tenants to voluntarily leave their rent-controlled apartments inside the building.</b> “All sorts of suggestions for housing the city's many homeless men and women have made their way to Robert Trobe, the Human Resources Administration official responsible for these lost souls. […] None of the ideas have appealed to Mr. Trobe, and now he has yet another offer to contemplate. It comes from Donald Trump, the developer, who wrote to the city agency that he would make apartments in one of his buildings available for the homeless at no cost to the city. This building, it might be noted, is at 100 Central Park South - not a run-of-the-mill location for shelters. Ten of the 100 rent-controlled or stabilized apartments are vacant, Mr. Trump said, and he hopes to empty the entire building within two years, to remake it into a hotel. ‘Multimillionaires’ live there, he said, and ‘I do not believe multimillionaires should be protected in rent-controlled apartments.’ But until renovations can begin, he added, why not give shelter to the more unfortunate? Mr. Trump agreed that putting these people there could measurably speed the emptying process, but he asserted, ‘I don't care.’ Meanwhile, Mr. Trobe said that while he would give the letter thought, ‘it hardly looks like something we would be interested in.’” (<i>New York Times</i>, August 7, 1982) | ||
| + | <li><b>May, 1983: Trump renewed his offer to house homeless people in the vacant units at 100 Central Park South, having increased the number of vacant units from ten to fourteen.</b> “New York City was seeking to shelter hundreds of homeless people last year. Donald J. Trump, the realty developer, had a suggestion: put some in 10 vacant apartments in his building at 100 Central Park South. He offered to let the city's Human Resources Administration house the homeless at no charge. […] Robert Trobe, an H.R.A. deputy administrator, has refused the offer, a spokesman says, because ‘it did not seem appropriate to house clients in a building slated for demolition.’ Mr. Trump says that 14 of the building's 100 apartments are now vacant and that his offer stands. ‘The apartments are there; they're heated; they've got hot and cold water; they have the most beautiful views,’ he says, adding that if city officials ‘were really doing their job, they would have taken us up on it, because it's a totally serious offer.’” (<i>New York Times</i>, May 29, 1983) | ||
| + | <li><b>Trump openly acknowledged that he was working to hasten the departure of his building’s rent-controlled tenants, but denied his illegal intention was related to his offer to house the homeless in the building’s vacant units.</b> “Donald Trump - master builder, real estate impresario, accused by many of caring only about glitter and money - had offered to house some of this city's downtrodden homeless in a building he owns on posh Central Park South where he has 14 empty apartments. […] Donald Trump acknowledges that he does indeed want to get the present tenants out in order to put up a new luxury building, but he insists that's not why he's offering shelter for the homeless. ‘Some people think I'm just doing a number on the people in the building,’ Mr. Trump told me. ‘That's not true. I just want to help with the homeless problem. It'll take two or three years to get everybody out, and in the meantime I'll have more and more vacant apartments for the indigent.’” (<i>New York Times</i>, Sydney Schanberg column, June 4, 1983) | ||
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Revision as of 20:51, 22 August 2019
Donald Trump tried to pack a building with homeless people to drive out rent-controlled residents
- August, 1982: Donald Trump proposed housing homeless people in his building at 100 Central Park South in an effort to encourage tenants to voluntarily leave their rent-controlled apartments inside the building. “All sorts of suggestions for housing the city's many homeless men and women have made their way to Robert Trobe, the Human Resources Administration official responsible for these lost souls. […] None of the ideas have appealed to Mr. Trobe, and now he has yet another offer to contemplate. It comes from Donald Trump, the developer, who wrote to the city agency that he would make apartments in one of his buildings available for the homeless at no cost to the city. This building, it might be noted, is at 100 Central Park South - not a run-of-the-mill location for shelters. Ten of the 100 rent-controlled or stabilized apartments are vacant, Mr. Trump said, and he hopes to empty the entire building within two years, to remake it into a hotel. ‘Multimillionaires’ live there, he said, and ‘I do not believe multimillionaires should be protected in rent-controlled apartments.’ But until renovations can begin, he added, why not give shelter to the more unfortunate? Mr. Trump agreed that putting these people there could measurably speed the emptying process, but he asserted, ‘I don't care.’ Meanwhile, Mr. Trobe said that while he would give the letter thought, ‘it hardly looks like something we would be interested in.’” (New York Times, August 7, 1982)
- May, 1983: Trump renewed his offer to house homeless people in the vacant units at 100 Central Park South, having increased the number of vacant units from ten to fourteen. “New York City was seeking to shelter hundreds of homeless people last year. Donald J. Trump, the realty developer, had a suggestion: put some in 10 vacant apartments in his building at 100 Central Park South. He offered to let the city's Human Resources Administration house the homeless at no charge. […] Robert Trobe, an H.R.A. deputy administrator, has refused the offer, a spokesman says, because ‘it did not seem appropriate to house clients in a building slated for demolition.’ Mr. Trump says that 14 of the building's 100 apartments are now vacant and that his offer stands. ‘The apartments are there; they're heated; they've got hot and cold water; they have the most beautiful views,’ he says, adding that if city officials ‘were really doing their job, they would have taken us up on it, because it's a totally serious offer.’” (New York Times, May 29, 1983)
- Trump openly acknowledged that he was working to hasten the departure of his building’s rent-controlled tenants, but denied his illegal intention was related to his offer to house the homeless in the building’s vacant units. “Donald Trump - master builder, real estate impresario, accused by many of caring only about glitter and money - had offered to house some of this city's downtrodden homeless in a building he owns on posh Central Park South where he has 14 empty apartments. […] Donald Trump acknowledges that he does indeed want to get the present tenants out in order to put up a new luxury building, but he insists that's not why he's offering shelter for the homeless. ‘Some people think I'm just doing a number on the people in the building,’ Mr. Trump told me. ‘That's not true. I just want to help with the homeless problem. It'll take two or three years to get everybody out, and in the meantime I'll have more and more vacant apartments for the indigent.’” (New York Times, Sydney Schanberg column, June 4, 1983)
