NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s company may continue to operate public golf course in Bronx, Judge Ruled Friday Saying New York Offered Baseless Rationale for termination of the contract with the Trump Organization after the uprising in the US Capitol last year.
The ruling sends the case back to city “for further proceedings.” It wasn’t right away clear what it could be. city The legal department said it was disappointed in in decision and considered legal options.
The Trump Organization announced decision victory for company and a win for justice”.
cityx move to terminate the contract to operate the Trump Golf Club at Ferry Point Park was “nothing.” more than a political vendetta,” the company said. in statement.
Days after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop certification of President Joe Biden victory on January 6, 2021 by then Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he broke golf course contract. De Blasio says Trump provoked the uprising with a whip up rioters.
Trump denies any responsibility for violence on January 6. Instead, he said the 2020 election galvanized his supporters into action and that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others failed to ensure proper security.
Around the same time PGA of America has canceled the upcoming tournament in one of Trump Golf Clubs in New Jersey. De Blasio grabbed it decision as evidence that Trump violated what city characterized as a contract requirement to maintain a course that could attract professional tournaments.
De Blasio and Biden are Democrats. Trump is a Republican, and his company’s statement on Friday blamed de Blasio of using city agencies “to promote their own party program, score political points among his henchmen and intervene with free enterprise.”
Many lawyers and contract experts doubted start what city will prevail.
Contract terms never specifically stated that Trump required to attract tournaments, obliging him only to maintain a course that “first-Class, tournament qualitative.”
Manhattan State Court Judge Debra James agreed that nothing in Contract required trump company for attract professional tournaments at the Bronx circuit. cityTrump’s claim that the Trump Organization violated the contract “has no legal basis.” foundation’, James wrote.
city The legal department said it was disappointed in Ruling.
“Anyone who keeps city concession is carried out at a high level standard”, the agency said in a statement.
The contract allowed for in city cancel without instructions cause. But city will then be required to compensate Trump’s organization for building club on well.
decision Another sign that the Trump organization is rebuilding after business backlash after the riots at the Capitol.
Several banks refused to do business with Trump’s organization after the riots, raising the specter that the company won’t be able to borrow again. But recently the company received new $100 million loan for commercial and retail space he owns in Trump tower on Fifth Avenue.
Trump company also recently entered into a deal to sell his money- concession of a hotel in Washington to an investment fund in Miami. for $375 million, a lot more than many hotel experts thought possible.
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