mayor anthony bloomberg seemed ambivalent to the change , saying " i would like to show it leave the freedom station , but it ' s their building , and they don ' t afford me putting on it . if they could rent the whole property by changing the name , i assume they ' re going to do that , and they probably , from a partisan point of view , should . from a patriotic point of view , is it going to make any difference ? " .
The Freedom Tower belongs to Michael Bloomberg.