NYC backtracks on de Blasio’s plan
to close Trump-owned ice rinks
New York Post,
by
Nolan Hicks
&
Natalie O'Neill
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
2/22/2021 1:11:19 AM
The city is doing a full “180” on its plan to shutter Trump-operated ice skating rinks.City Hall on Sunday reversed Mayor de Blasio’s move to shutter Lasker and Wollman rinks in Central Park six weeks ahead of their typical April closing dates — in an effort to freeze-out his political rival.“New York City kids deserve all the time on the ice they can get this year. The Wollman and Lasker rinks will stay open under current management for the few weeks left in this season,” City Hall Press Secretary Bill Neidhardt told The Post.“But make no mistake, we will not be doing business with the Trump Organization going forward.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
sanspeur 2/22/2021 1:13:50 AM (No. 704403)
betcha lawsuits , bigly !! No good deed goes unpunished in warren willhelm’s dangerous nasty slum
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 2/22/2021 1:27:09 AM (No. 704409)
"Trump owned"??? AFAIK, the rinks are owned by the city, but operated by Trump's organisation under contract.
Contracts are inconvenient things sometimes. If written well, they can be essentially unbreakable. Let's hope that Trump's lawyers wrote a particularly ironclad contract with HUGE penalty clauses if broken.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Trigger2 2/22/2021 1:48:40 AM (No. 704420)
Why is it that all these demonrat dictator wannabees always do things against the citizenry?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 2/22/2021 2:10:56 AM (No. 704433)
I guess they read the contracts and apparently it’s not worth paying damages and attorney fees to Trump to shut him down.
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Glad they saw the writing on the contract but Florida welcomes the Trump family and their money.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Annie Xango 2/22/2021 3:08:36 AM (No. 704457)
Me thinks that Mayor Numnuts..got a lot of blow back from even his...base.....the optics were terrible and he caved...can't wait to see the Trump Organization sue his...b*tt when he tries to cancel it at the end of the season..Sic 'em Eric!!!!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
navybrat 2/22/2021 7:10:47 AM (No. 704508)
Democrats will stop at nothing to get revenge and harm Pres. Trump. They do not care that they stomp on average citizens as long as they get Trump. The punishment, hurt and taking things away from people who cannot fight back and have representatives who will not stand up and represent them is out of control.
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Awww. How sweet!! To think that these high and mighty offalcials want to allow the chillrun more outside time. Pardon me while I wipe a tear. Sniff.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
anniebc 2/22/2021 7:13:13 AM (No. 704511)
I thought New Yorkers were tough. They always come down South talking about what they don't allow up there in big old New York. Seems to me they put up with a lot of crap from their politicians.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
udanja99 2/22/2021 7:41:36 AM (No. 704530)
#9, you reminded me of a bumper sticker which used to be prevalent in the South...
We Don’t Care How You Do It Up North!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 2/22/2021 8:04:07 AM (No. 704545)
Some big shot Democrats must have children who are taking skating lessons.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 2/22/2021 8:36:18 AM (No. 704574)
Trump Derangement Syndrome at its looniest. And they don't care about who suffers collateral damage as a result.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 2/22/2021 8:38:34 AM (No. 704576)
President Trump is being treated like a Polish Jew in 1939. If they could herd him into a box car they surely would..
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Gruntmedic 2/22/2021 8:40:23 AM (No. 704577)
If it wasn't for Trump they wouldn't have those rink's.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 2/22/2021 9:01:25 AM (No. 704594)
Be careful, Warren - - you're skating on thin ice.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Donna M 2/22/2021 9:10:06 AM (No. 704605)
Those rink contracts were expiring after this term (after April) anyway. Leave it to the useless grifter of a mayor NYC has to make a big deal of 'kicking Trump Organization out' then "generously" permitting them to continue to operate the rinks to the end of the contract. Eric, who is running the TO now, was closing out at the end of this month because of the city demanding them out.
I agree with those who said that someone in the legal department looked at the contracts and said 'uh oh'.
The TO doesn't want to do business in NY anymore anyway. They are quietly and physically removing themselves to FL.
Those who live up here know the city is incompetent when it comes to operating these types of facilities, whether it's a restaurant (Tavern on the Green) or the rinks. Bryant Park Corporation operates the one in Bryant Park (midtown) even though it's NYC Parks land (NYC Parks let it be a drug den for about 30 years, then in the 1980s the BPC took it over and restored it to a gem.)
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Heil Liberals 2/22/2021 9:29:04 AM (No. 704624)
It continues to amaze me, the level of hatred for a man who has only ever shown NYC love, opportunity, and endless promotion. Donald Trump believed in the city when it was a violent shitehole full of murder, assault, and drugs. Under the Blue Devils it is quickly descending back into that 70s shitehole.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Strike3 2/22/2021 9:40:03 AM (No. 704635)
Just when I thought there was a spark of sanity in NYC they made sure to slam Trump at the end of the statement.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
skacmar 2/22/2021 9:46:48 AM (No. 704643)
If it weren't for the Trump organization, there would be no skating rinks. It was Donald Trump who rebuilt them and has been operating them for the past 25 years. Let's see what happens to them once the Trump Organization is no longer running them after the contract ends and the spiteful NYC bureaucrats do not renew the contracts. They will be sure to put all of the blame on Trump personally when any new operator screws things up next year.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 2/22/2021 10:04:01 AM (No. 704670)
I see Hizonner's point. The revenue means more than the principle of cancel culture.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Venturer 2/22/2021 10:05:13 AM (No. 704672)
“But make no mistake, we will not be doing business with the Trump Organization going forward.
What a stupid thing to say.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
red1066 2/22/2021 10:18:03 AM (No. 704682)
Everywhere the leftists are over stepping, and it will come back to bit them in the rear end. They are showing everyone who they really are and what they really want. This is going to be a real eye opener for those who think socialism is the way to go. It's one thing to want socialism while enjoying the perks of freedom, it's quite another to experience socialism with your freedom curtailed and eliminated because of marxist policies. Even the terminally stupid could change their minds after a period of time.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Zigrid 2/22/2021 10:42:57 AM (No. 704701)
Anyone else get the feeling this was a publicity stunt?...it gets the idiot mayor into the fake news narrative...ole bumbling deblasio got up one morning... noticed the trouble Cuomo had and decided to stroke the DNC's back... and who else could he pick on?... you got it... President Trump...my next question is... who does he think will vote for him when he causes such disruption to his citizens?...or does he care?... some mail in ballots coming to New York?
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 2/22/2021 11:16:34 AM (No. 704718)
Mayor Wilhelm also promised to get rid of the horse and carriage rides in Central Park. He couldn't comprehend that the horses actually enjoy working and the tourists flocked to rides, creating much needed employment opportunities for NY residents. I guess the outcry was deafening since the horses won.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
earlybird 2/22/2021 11:57:22 AM (No. 704752)
Lawsuits a probability. But the ridiculous move shouted “Spite”. Something important to the city and its kids - and adults - was being transparently shut down out of spite. No good business reason to do so. Bad, bad move for a guy who is already looking bad.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Mike6 2/22/2021 12:14:53 PM (No. 704771)
De Blasio is a communist and that is not is Real Name.
Trotsky was not Trotsky but Bronstein.
Lenin was not Lenin but Ulyanov
Stalin was a Ghugasvilly.
De Blasio visited Cub and said that Castro was GREAT MAN.
DE Blasio destroyed beautiful New York.
He is turning New York into a communist paradise like Cuba!!!
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