“The diverse natural terrain and rolling topography creates a dramatic venue, with varying elevation changes and water hazards including winding streams, stone bridges and …”
“Trump National Golf Club #Westchester is a private golf club in #Briarcliff Manor, New York. The 140-acre course has eighteen holes, with a 75,000-square-foot clubhouse.
… Donald Trump “purchased the property in 1996 and renamed the club after its county, #Westchester …
Donald Trump served as president over Trump National Golf Club LLC (managing the Westchester club) from August 2000 until January 19, 2017, the day before his inauguration.”
“Located just 30 minutes from Manhattan in the heart of #Westchester County, award winning services and exceptional facilities are the hallmarks of a club that lends itself to today’s families and to future generations – all sharing a common passion …”
‘How Trump’s $50m golf club became $1.4m when it came time to pay tax’
‘Same Donald Trump-owned golf club is separately accused of causing floods that led to $240,000 worth of damage to New York village of #Briarcliff Manor’
“… Trump’s new valuation, however, contrasts with the 92-page financial disclosure document that he released to the US government as he embarked on his audacious campaign for the presidency last year.” [12 March 2016]
“The club was tied up in controversy in the summer of 2017 when a Forbes investigation into the Eric Trump Foundation’s fundraising events that included an annual charity golf tournament. The tournament took place in #Westchester in 2015 and several …”
“… several other years since the foundation’s formation in 2007. …
The club applied for permission to hire foreign workers to be waiters, waitresses and cooks last year ahead of the spring season. The club wanted to hire 14 summer workers from other…”
“Houses on the 147-acre, 18-hole luxury golf course win a one-third cut in their property taxes because their developer declared them to be condominiums. A loophole in state law forces towns to dramatically cut the assessments of condos -even when they…”
“… even when they just appear to be regular houses.
The unintended tax break has annoyed neighbors who are already protesting President Donald Trump's attempt to reduce the taxes on the whole golf course by 90 percent.”
‘Trump National Golf Club: Attorney General looking into working conditions complaints’
“State lawmakers are trying to get golf courses in NY to be reassessed at a higher rate bc the #Westchester course was able to successfully lower its tax assessment.”
‘Once upon a time, when Bill Clinton needed a golf haven, he turned to Donald Trump’
“Dowd recalls a conversation w/Trump in which the real-estate magnate told her he built Trump National in part ‘because he knew Bill Clinton would need a place to play.’” golfdigest.com/story/once-upo…
“‘… Trump realized that golf was his entree if he wanted to pal around with Bill Clinton, whom he considered a kindred spirit in some ways — a great man who attracted jealous haters,’ Dowd writes.”
‘Trump Organization, Already Under Indictment, Faces New Criminal Inquiry’
‘The investigation, by the #Westchester County district attorney’s office, increases the legal scrutiny of the former president and his family business’
"In recent months, the district attorney's office in suburban #Westchester County, N.Y., has subpoenaed records from the course, Trump National Golf Club Westchester, and the town of #Ossining, which sets property taxes on the course”
“Andrew Tesoro, who tells how Donald Trump cheated his five-person architecture firm out of thousands of dollars back in 2006 when it designed the clubhouse at the Trump National Golf Club in the #Westchester County town of #Briarcliff Manor, NY.”
“Tesoro’s small business was virtually left bankrupt as a result, and he had to use the money set aside for his son’s college education, and most of his savings to eventually rescue his firm.”
“Trump hired Tesoro’s firm in 2002 to design a clubhouse for the Trump National Golf Club in #Westchester, New York. But after the structure was completed, the Trump Organization refused to pay what Tesoro billed and offered less than a third of the fee”
“Tesoro said that after four years of work on a project that nearly doubled in size per Trump’s request, he was owed $140,000. Instead of paying him, Trump’s team of legal bulldogs bullied him into accepting a mere $50,000, a bill that remained …”
“Ilya #Sachkov cofounded Moscow's Group-IB at just 17 and now works alongside banks & law enforcement, from Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs to Europol, helping to uncover cybercriminals. He's been spied showing his technology to Vladimir Putin, too.” forbes.com/profile/ilya-s…
“#Sachkov graduated w/ honors from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, where he studied Information Security. Being a student, in 2003 he founded Group-IB, the company that soon became one of the leading international companies specializing…”
“Ilya #Sachkov is a Russian businessman and co-founder of Group IB, Russia’s top cybersecurity organization. His organization assists clients from all around the world in combating cyber security concerns such as cyber-attacks. …”
“Jeff #Fortenberry represents Nebraska’s First Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. He is a member of the House Appropriations Committee, which is responsible for the expenditures of the United States government. …”
#Fortenberry “earned a B.A. in economics from Louisiana State University in 1982 and a Master's of Public Policy in 1986 from Georgetown University, in addition to a Master's of Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville in 1996.”
‘Deputy filmed slamming woman so hard he ripped her braids out’
“Shantel #Arnold told investigators she encountered the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputy as she was walking home after being assaulted by a group of boys on 20 September.”
“The video shows the deputy gripping #Arnold's wrist as she's thrown to the ground. He jerks her around and then grabs her by the hair before slamming her to the pavement. At the end of the video, the deputy appears to kneel on her back.”
‘Kentucky senator will try to claw back state's $15M investment in #Braidy Industries’
“The Kentucky General Assembly authorized the $15 million the state later invested directly in Braidy at the behest of former Republican Gov. Matt Bevin, but …”
‘Giuliani’s Ukraine work tied to firm whose website has vanished’
“#TriGlobal’s website once provided more information about that board member, Ara #Abramyan. A biography in June 2016 listed him as a ‘very close adviser to the Russian …’”
“… Giuliani faces scrutiny for probing … Biden’s son’s work in Ukraine and his association with two men indicted this week on campaign-finance charges. Mr. Giuliani was working with those men, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, on the Ukraine matter.”