JERSEY CITY -- Trump, begone!

The City Council next week may urge condo owners at Trump Plaza Residences to take all references to real-estate mogul Donald Trump off the building, "in particular its marquee."

The move is a response to Trump's recent, controversial and widely discredited claims about Jersey City residents celebrating the 9/11 attacks, and is included in a symbolic measure that also expresses solidarity with Mayor Steve Fulop's condemnation of Trump's claims.

A city official said the mayor's office had no hand in drafting the measure.

UPDATE: Measure to be withdrawn

Marcel Torres, 46, lives on the 31st floor of the 55-story building. Torres, a project manager for a financial firm, has lived there for six years, and doesn't think the council should seek a name change for the tower.

"At the end of the day, it's just a building," he said.

Pranay Rekhi, 35, a three-year resident of Trump Plaza Residences, "doesn't really care" about its association with Trump, whose presidential race, Rekhi said, "is just a publicity stunt."

Residents said Trump doesn't own the building, and has instead licensed his name to be used.

One person hoping for the largely Democratic council to take action is Eric Fleming, a Downtown financial planner who started a Facebook page calling for Trump's name to be removed from Trump Plaza Residences. The page has 88 likes.



"This is great," Fleming said. "I didn't think they'd do it."



Fleming said he took a stand on this issue to defend Jersey City and his Muslim friends.



"They're just trying to practice their faith," he said. "They don't deserve to be harassed and beaten up at school and treated poorly. That's not right. All because some guy who is pretending to run for president says these stupid things."

Requests for comment from Trump's campaign and from the Trump Organization were not returned.

Trump has claimed that "thousands and thousands" of people in Jersey City cheered the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. He has yet to produce any evidence of widespread celebrations, but has not backed down from that claim.

The 532-foot Trump Plaza Residences, located at 88 Morgan St., is one of the tallest buildings in New Jersey. It soon won't be the only building with Trump's name on it in Jersey City: Trump Bay Street is under construction nearby.

The council meets on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 280 Grove St.

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