Despite Critics, Trump Cleared to Manage Bronx Golf Course Over the objections of critics, Donald J. Trump has been cleared to run a new public golf course in the Bronx. Ferry Point Park, near the base of the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, is to be the site of an 18-hole golf course scheduled to open in 2014. Donald J. Trump won a 20-year deal to manage the course. On Wednesday, the city approved a deal for Mr. Trump to manage an 18-hole complex that is to be built in Ferry Point Park, near the base of the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge. In a special public meeting, the Franchise and Concession Review Committee, which must sign off on all businesses that operate in parks, voted 5 to 1 to allow Mr. Trump to run the course, scheduled to be completed by 2014, for 20 years. For that privilege, Mr. Trump will pay licensing fees, though they will not start until after the fifth year of operations. Mr. Trump, who runs 10 other golf courses around the world, will also build a clubhouse at the site, which sits on a 222-acre former landfill. Golfers will pay up to $125 to play there. But the city will shoulder the far larger tab, for the construction of the course, which is estimated to be $180 million. That taxpayers will be on the hook for the course has rankled many critics, who point out that under a similar deal a decade ago, a private developer was to pay for the construction. Additionally, they say, the licensing fees are meager compared with those produced by other city courses. In his fifth year of operation, Mr. Trump will pay either 7 percent of annual gross revenue or $300,000, whichever is greater. And the amount would rise annually, ending in Year 20 at the greater of $470,000 or 10 percent of gross revenue. That amount would be far less than fees generated last year at city courses like Clearview Park and La Tourette, according to parks department data. But officials say it is hard to compare those properties with Ferry Point because their operators did not build clubhouses. And Mr. Trump's deal will generate more revenue than the two other proposals for the site, according to parks officials. After the vote, Eric Trump, a vice president with the Trump Organization, only briefly addressed the criticisms. "We're building an amazing clubhouse," he said. We want it to be symbolic of the Trump brand. We want it to be symbolic of the great city of New York. The lone no vote on Wednesday came from a representative of the office of John C. Liu, the comptroller, which takes issue with the way the deal has been structured. "Ultimately the office of the comptroller was not comfortable with the compensation of the project," Valerie Budzik, a lawyer with Mr. Liu's office, said in a statement before the vote. Mr. Liu's office did amend the license, so the city can claim revenue from any TV programming that might be broadcast from the course, like the United States Open or Mr. Trump's "The Apprentice" reality show, mentioned by name in the license. And, just in case that show gets canceled, the same rule applies to "any similar successor" show.