New York City is the latest in a string of bodies seeking to terminate their business relationships with the Trump Organization in response to last week’s attack on the US Capitol.
In a public statement, city officials stated “The attacks on our Capitol killed a police officer, left four rioters dead. We’re reviewing whether legal grounds exist in light of these new circumstances to terminate concessions with the Trump Organization.”
This will immediately end the Trump Organization’s contracts to operate the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, the Central Park Carousel, and the Wollman and Lasker ice skating rinks.
This comes after a number of private businesses have also announced they would no longer do business with the Trump organization in light of recent events. They include two of his banks, Deutsche Bank and Signature Bank, credit card processor Stripe, which is no longer processing credit card payments for the Trump campaign, Shopify, which stopped operating online stores for both the Trump Organization and the campaign and the PGA of America, which announced it is pulling a major golf tournament from one of Trump’s courses.
On Wednesday, global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield (CWK) said it “has made the decision to no longer do business with The Trump Organization,” according to a company spokesperson.
Over the years, Cushman has handled several offices and retail properties for the Trump Organization including New York City’s Trump Tower, Trump Plaza, the Trump Building at 40 Wall Street, and the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago.
The Trump Organization vowed to fight the city’s action.
“Yet another example of Mayor de Blasio’s incompetence and blatant disregard for the facts,” the company said in a statement.
