Thursday, March 6, 2008

"Donald Trump Vows to Fight Opposition

Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would go to court for the right to expand a planned catering hall at Jones Beach to include a 26,000-square-foot basement to accommodate its kitchens, a proposal that was rejected the night before by a state code enforcement review board.

After a public hearing filled with complaints about Mr. Trump’s project, the board voted 4-to-1 Tuesday against granting a variance of state building codes that would let the basement work proceed.

Mr. Trump conceived the expanded basement after signing a 40-year lease in 2006 to build and operate a 46,000-square-foot catering hall anchored by a smaller basement with no kitchen. Mr. Trump said the board ruling would indefinitely delay the opening of the catering hall, planned for 2009.

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