Every year, New York City’s Department of Transportation collects tens of millions of dollars from property owners in return for permission to place street furniture on, over or under city sidewalks.
This includes, but is not limited to, signs, filigreed lampposts, benches, bollards, planters, permanent trash receptacles, delivery ramps, underground vaults and just about anything else imaginable, including ornamental clocks.
Each bears the surname of its owner, Donald J. Trump.
Belatedly, the City of New York would like to be paid for allowing the Trump Tower clock to occupy part of a public sidewalk.
The fee for what is called revocable consent — temporary permission that can be revoked after 10 years and is subject to renewal — varies widely.
Persons:
filigreed, Donald J
Organizations:
New York City’s Department of Transportation, Trump
Locations:
New, City of New York