Skaters arriving at Central Park’s two ice rinks are in for a cold awakening next week — the rinks, which are both managed by the Trump Organization, are being shuttered by City Hall to punish the former president for the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, The Post has learned.
The Trump Organization says its last day of operating the iconic Wollman Rink and the smaller Lasker Rink at the park’s northern end will be Sunday.
The rink contracts had been set to expire in April, but Mayor de Blasio has moved to ice Trump out a month early, effective Feb. 26.
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“Trump has been impeached from operating the ice rink,” a de Blasio spokesman had said Jan. 31 in announcing the concession terminations for Wollman Rink, along with Lasker Rink, the Central Park Carousel and Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point in the Bronx.
Trump freeze-out: De Blasio puts former president’s NYC rink contracts on ice
Let’s face it, this does not hurt Trump but it is done to score Media Points with the Liberal Lynching Mob. You don’t want to have business with Trump? Fine. hell, de Blasio’s minion would have come out on top and with grace by simply saying that since Trump is no longer a resident (and you lost that taxing revenue), it makes sense to have the contracts assigned to some New York company that may have struggled with the ‘Rona-economic recession (that you created with your policies BTW) rather than somebody who left the city for greener pastures.
But no, the dumb asses at the Mayor’s office had to win another TDS badge for their political sash and ended up looking pettier than the normal level of NYC assholery.
Hat Tip Royko
Trump was found not guilty by the jury. NYC is going to pay a big legal settlement in lawsuit for unjust termination of contract. You would think that after losing to the real estate developer for decades NYC would know better by now.
IANAL, but generally when the government (at any level) cancel a contract for convenience, they have to pay the contractor for all services provided. And, I do not believe that NYC has the legal authority to cancel contracts for convenience, unless specifically written into the contract.
If that is the case, then the Trump company will get paid for the full contract, even though the city cancelled it early. Making this double meaningless.
Yeah, well, it’s Deblasio, and he’s a socialist, so…..