Posted on 01/12/21
| News Source: The Hill
New York City is considering ending its business contracts with President Trump, according to the mayor’s office, after the president urged his supporters to march to the Capitol, which they violently attacked last week.
Laura Feyer, a spokeswoman for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), told The Hill on Tuesday in a statement that the city was “reviewing whether legal grounds exist” to cease its contracts with the Trump Organization.
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The president’s company, which he still owns but passed day-to-day operations to his sons, has contracts with New York City to run a carousel, two ice rinks and a golf course in the city’s parks. The Trump Organization has made about $17 million from the park concessions, The Washington Post reported, citing the president’s most recent financial disclosures.
“The attacks on our Capitol killed a police officer, left four rioters dead, exposed lawmakers to COVID-19 and threatened the constitutional transfer of power. They were a national abomination,” Feyer said in a statement.
“We’re reviewing whether legal grounds exist in light of these new circumstances to terminate concessions with the Trump Organization,” she added, without providing a timeline for the decision.
Read more at The Hill.