The residents of a Manhattan condominium building along the Hudson River bearing President Donald Trump's name have the right to remove the name from the building, a judge found.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Eileen Bransten issued a bench ruling on Thursday in which she said that a licensing agreement signed by the residents of the Upper West Side condo building at 200 Riverside Blvd., which is called Trump Place, that allowed them to adorn the building with Trump's name does not bar residents from removing it.

“The court declines to accept the defendant's assertion that the parties are required to continue the use of the identification 'Trump' in perpetuity,” Bransten said, according to media reports.  

The president of Trump Place's board of managers signed the licensing deal with Trump In 2000, years before Trump began starring in “The Apprentice,” but in early 2017, in response to concerns raised by some residents, the board opened discussions of removing the name from the building.

In March 2017, Alan Garten, the chief legal officer for DJT Holdings, which licensed the Trump name, said the company caught wind of the board's discussions and threatened to take legal action to prevent removal of the name.

The board decided not to move forward with the removal at that point, but filed suit in Manhattan Supreme Court seeking a declaration that the licensing agreement doesn't require the board to keep Trump's name on the building.

Bransten also denied DJT Holdings' counterclaim for indemnification of attorney fees.

Harry Lipman and Robert Freilich of Rottenberg Lipman Rich appeared for the condominium board's residential committee. Lipman declined to comment on the ruling.

“The ruling speaks for itself,” Lipman said.

Lawrence Rosen of LaRocca Hornik Rosen Greenberg & Blaha, who represented the holding company, did not respond to a request for comment, but told reporters following the ruling that he would review the decision.