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New York City is terminating its contracts with the Trump Organization because of the mob riot at the U.S. Capitol, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday.

The contracts are for two ice-skating rinks at Central Park, the Central Park Carousel and the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, a city-owned golf course in the Bronx.

Though Mr. de Blasio’s administration has looked at the issue several times since 2015, the mayor said that the city was ending the contracts because President Trump had incited violence.

“Inciting an insurrection against the U.S. government clearly constitutes criminal activity,” Mr. de Blasio said in an interview on MSNBC. “The City of New York will no longer have anything to do with the Trump Organization.”

While the city has considered canceling the Trump Organization’s contracts before, Mr. de Blasio said the violence in Washington qualified as criminal activity under which New York City had the right to sever ties with a company.

Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat with roughly a year left in office, said he expected the Trump Organization to challenge the city’s decision in court.

“We’re on strong legal ground,” the mayor said.

— Emma G. Fitzsimmons The New York Times

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