“The attacks on our Capitol have killed a police officer, killed four rioters, exposed lawmakers to Covid-19 and a threat to the constitutional transfer of power,” the city said in a statement released Wednesday morning. “They were a national atrocity. We are investigating whether there are legal grounds to end concessions with the Trump organization in light of these new circumstances.”
Over the years, the Cushman has managed several office and retail properties for the Trump Organization, including the Trump Tower in New York City, Trump Plaza, the Trump Building at 40 Wall Street, and the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago.
Trump and New York City Mayor de Blasio have been sparring for a long time.
“Inciting an uprising against the US government is clearly a criminal activity,” de Blasio told MSNBC on Wednesday. “New York City will no longer have anything to do with the Trump Organization.”
The Trump organization did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the city’s action. But Eric Trump, an executive at the family business, released a statement to ABC attacking the action and vowing to fight it.
“Yet another example of Mayor de Blasio’s incompetence and blatant disregard for the facts,” the statement said. The City of New York has no legal right to terminate our contracts and if they choose to go ahead they will owe the Trump Organization more than $ 30 million. This is nothing more than political discrimination and we intend fight it vigorously. “