New York City Says Canceling Contract With Trump Golf Course Was Justified

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Lawyers for New York City argued Monday that the city’s decision to end the Trump Organization’s contract to operate a Bronx golf course was lawful because attracting top tournaments wasn’t possible after the Capitol riot.

“The Trump name—once a key selling point for his businesses, including [the Bronx course] and other of Trump’s golf course entities—was irretrievably tarnished,” the lawyers wrote in court documents filed Monday evening. Attracting top tournaments was a core provision of the Bronx agreement, they said.

The Trump Organization declined to comment.

Monday’s filing came in response to a lawsuit the Trump Organization filed in New York state court last month accusing the city of unlawfully ending its contract to operate Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, a public golf course in the Bronx. The lawsuit argued that Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, was biased against former President Donald Trump for years then used the Capitol riot as a pretext to end the contract.