Trump Scores Huge Victory Over NYC As Judge Declares…

(Republican Insider) – The Trump Organization got a big win in court Friday in its battle with New York City over operating a city-owned golf course in the Bronx which is just another political hit job against Trump.

In January 2021, the administration of former mayor Bill de Blasio said it was ending the Trump Organization’s contract to operate the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point Park course in the Bronx.

The city’s action had two parts. Legally, it claimed that the course could not attract the level of golfing events required by its contract because of the supposed stain on the Trump Organization from the Jan. 6 charade.

The second part of the action was just good old-fashioned Trump-bashing from City Hall.

“It was Donald Trump who interfered with basic democracy when he incited a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol,” City Hall spokesperson Bill Neidhardt said in 2021, according to ABC. “You do that, and you lose the privilege of doing business with the City of New York. It’s as simple as that.”

However, New York State Supreme Court Justice Debra James doesn’t agree. On Friday, James said the city never had a legal leg to stand on, according to the New York Post.

Last fall, James granted a temporary restraining order against the city giving the Trump Organization the boot, which allowed it to keep running the course.

Politico reported, James said in her decision that Ferry Point had no obligation to host any PGA-level tournaments and the city’s claim that it did “lacks any legal foundation.”

“The judge didn’t buy their nonsense, and this is a well-reasoned and appropriate decision, and we look forward to running the best golf course for years to come,” Eric Trump said, according to the Post.

“De Blasio did this for his own political theater,” Eric Trump said. “He wasted tremendous amounts of time and city resources on his own vendetta. He is a disgrace to New York, and everyone is glad he is gone.”

In return, de Blasio took to Twitter to prove just how petty and politically driven he really is.

“Donald Trump will be an ignominious figure in US history, regardless of the outcome of today’s decision on Ferry Point. NYC did the right thing by canceling his contract and the City will win this case in the end. The only ‘political vendetta’ here is the one he incited on Jan 6.”

The Trump Organization praised the decision with spokeswoman, Amanda Miller, saying in a statement, “As we have said since the beginning, the city’s efforts to terminate our long-term license agreement to operate Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point Park were nothing more than a political vendetta.”

“Former Mayor Bill de Blasio used his position to weaponize the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and the New York City Law Department all in an effort to advance his own partisan agenda, score political points and interfere with free enterprise,” the statement said.

“This is not just a win for the Trump Organization; this is a win for justice, for the people of the City of New York and for the hundreds of our hard-working employees at Ferry Point,” she said, according to The New York Times.

“Anyone holding a city concession is held to a high standard. We are disappointed in the court’s decision, and we are reviewing our legal options,” a spokesman for the city law department said, according to Politico.

The contract for the course runs through 2035 and it seems the only way the city can get rid of the Trump Organization now is to buy the contract out. The Trump Organization has said that would cost $30 million.

Or the city could luck out and end up with their appeal in front of an activist liberal judge and win.

Only time will tell but for now, we’ll chalk this one up to a win for Trump.

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