A Failed Trump Golf Course Turned Into a Dilapidated New York State Park
- Trump boasted undeveloped land worth five times assessed value
- New York stopped maintaining marshy, overgrown forest in 2010
Source: Lynnley Browning
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When Donald Trump bought 436 acres in upstate New York two decades ago, he envisioned adding two new championship golf courses to his collection.
He bought the wet, overgrown, tree-tangled parcels that sit miles off a state parkway beginning in 1998 for less than the current price of a two-bedroom condo in Trump Tower.