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Eric Trump has vowed to fight the residents of a New York condo who want the Trump name removed from the building's façade.
Residents of Upper West Side apartment block 200 Riverside Blvd. voted in February 2017 to remove the name "Trump" from the building.
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However the "Trump Place" sign has remained over the building's entrance after the Trump Organization, once headed by President Donald Trump and now managed by his sons, threatened to sue.
Resident have fought back, filing a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court in January asking a judge to rule on the question of whether they have the right to remove the name. A court hearing in the case is scheduled for Tuesday, reported the New York Daily News.
In a statement to a Washington Post reporter ahead of the hearing, Eric Trump said his father had "created an incredibly vibrant neighborhood" on the Upper West Side that "set new standards of residential luxury."
"I will always fight vehemently against rogue individuals not only to protect our incredible owners, but also to protect the legacy of a true visionary who did so much to shape the New York City skyline."
The apartment is not the only one in New York that has sought to disassociate itself from the Trump name since the real estate mogul's election as U.S. president, with "Trump" ripped off three other New York rental buildings, as well as hotels in SoHo, Toronto and Panama.
The site of the 200 Riverside Boulevard condominium was bought by Trump in the 1980s, then sold to Hong Kong investors who, with his help, developed it. According to the New York Times, the investors paid Trump just $1 for the right to use the Trump name on the building's facade.
According to documents obtained by the Washington Post, the Trump Organization has also issued warnings to two New York condominiums and a Panama hotel that removed the Trump name.
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