New York lawmakers introduce 'Anything But Trump Act' to remove Donald Trump's name from a state park

There was a time when a large, undeveloped strip of land in Yorktown and Putnam Valley, New York was slated to become a golf course. However, when the towns rejected the proposal, the land was donated as a state park and became a tax write-off for its owner, after whom the park is named: Donald J. Trump.

In the weeks following Donald Trump's controversial comments about Muslims and racial minorities, two New York state lawmakers now believe Donald J. Trump State Park should be stripped of the Republican presidential frontrunner's name. State Sen. Daniel Squadron and Assemblyman Charles Lavine have introduced the "Anything But Trump Act" in an attempt to rename the land, CBS New York reports.

"The rhetoric and discriminatory proposals we've seen from Mr. Trump don't belong in the presidential election and don't belong in New York State Parks. He has dishonored the state and should not be honored with a state park named for him," Squadron said in a statement.

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"It is time the State of New York sends a message to Donald Trump that his hate speech is not welcome in our great state," Lavine agreed.