Steve Cohen’s $2.4 billion bid to buy the New York Mets has been approved by Major League Baseball’s owners as well as Mayor Bill de Blasio, who reportedly could have vetoed the deal because of a clause contained inside the team’s lease at CitiField in Queens.
‘The New York City Law Department has completed its legal review of the proposed sale of the @Mets,’ de Blasio tweeted Friday.
‘New York City has no objections and the Mets can now proceed with the transaction.’
As reported by USA Today and 바카라검증사이트 other outlets, a clause in the team’s 2006 CitiField lease allows the New York City Mayor to deny the sale of the team to a ‘prohibited person’ defined as ‘any person that has been convicted in a criminal proceeding for 카지노사이트 a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude.’
Steve Cohen’s $2.4 billion bid to buy the New York Mets has been approved by Major League Baseball’s owners as well as Mayor 실시간카지노사이트 Bill de Blasio, who reportedly could have vetoed the deal because of a clause contained inside the team’s lease at Citi Field in Queens
As reported by USA Today and other outlets, a clause in the team’s 2006 Citi Field lease allows the New York City Mayor to deny the sale of the team to a ‘prohibited person’ defined as ‘any person that has been convicted in a criminal proceeding for a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude.’ In recent days, the New York Post reported that de Blasio was searching for legal loopholes to block the deal to Cohen, but was unable to find cause.
On Friday, Bill Neidhardt, a spokesperson for de Blasio, 실시간바카라사이트 tweeted out a picture of a customized ‘De Blasio’ Mets jersey, signifying the Mayor’s support (right)
Mayor Bill de Blasio gave his blessing for 카지노사이트 the sale on Friday afternoon on Twitter