listening to the fan and the weird just gets weirder. Not sure how much truth there is behind this but apparently Cohen is listed as a prohibited person in the lease agreement for the stadium. Technically de Blasio has the power to deny the sale?
Anyone else know more about this?
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Bronx royalty, meet the first family of New York City.
Jennifer Lopez and fiancé Alex Rodriguez stopped by Gracie Mansion Friday evening around 8 p.m. to share drinks with the de Blasio family, a City Hall spokeswoman said.
“It’s been non-stop this week, but Chirlane, Dante and I got a few minutes to make some new friends at Gracie tonight,” the mayor tweeted.-March
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has been serving as a useful idiot for A-Rod and Jerry Reinsdorf throughout this whole process.
As for Mayor de Blasio, well, he jumps at every opportunity to make a fool of himself.
Give it a day or two for the return volley lol
#1 it was a joke #2 A-Rod is friendly with the mayor. That's factual.
Give me a break. You now full well if there is a chance for Deblasio to get his name in the news, he is going to do it.
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I wouldn't call Citi field "culturally important". There is absolutely zero history behind it. Unless he considers the Jackie Robinson pandering to be "culturally important".
I hope the Mets look into Ha-Seong Kim, arguably the best non-US player in the world right now. He's expected to be posted.
But Rodriguez’s bid had significant media firepower behind it, leading to ultimately inaccurate stories like an August USA Today report that A-Rod was the frontrunner to buy the Mets. On Wednesday, USA Today reported that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio could serve as a hurdle to Cohen’s pursuit of owning the club. Multiple industry sources strongly believe Reinsdorf was the primary source for the story.
Like the August story, this story is inaccurate. De Blasio, in reality, is not expected to “torpedo” Cohen’s plans before his approval reaches an owners' vote. De Blasio has enough problems (controlling the COVID-19 shutdown in New York City and avoiding confrontations with Orthodox Jewish leaders) without jeopardizing the lease over a non-issue and enraging the vast majority of Mets fans who want Cohen to own the club. The mayor’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment, although de Blasio did say in August that A-Rod owning the Mets “would be very good for baseball and very good for this country.”
USA Today also cited that, in the 2006 stadium lease agreement between the Mets and New York City, there’s a provision in which the mayor can block the sale of the team to a “prohibited person.” The lease defines a prohibited person as "any person that has been convicted in a criminal proceeding for a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude.''
After so many years of bs we are about to finally have an owner capable of something like that.
Max Kellerman is the worst. I'd rather listen to Stephen A Smith than Max. At one point he was a "boxing guy" no clue if he's even that anymore or why any network even needs a permanent boxing guy, but his takes are the worst.
But the vote is not yet scheduled, in part because the parties involved in the sale want to be sure that any outstanding issue with New York City mayor Bill de Blasio is resolved before the league’s owners decide if they are going to approve Cohen, according to sources.
Cohen needs 23 out of 30 votes in order to take control of the Mets.
As USA Today first reported, de Blasio technically has the right to block the sale to “any person that has been convicted in a criminal proceeding for a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude.’’
The company that Cohen founded, S.A.C. Capital, pleaded guilty in 2018 to securities fraud and wire fraud and paid $1.8 billion in fines. But Cohen was not personally charged with a crime, making it unclear what grounds de Blasio would have to block the deal.
But, per sources, the parties involved in the sale were aware of the de Blasio situation long before it surfaced publicly. League officials want it fully settled before the MLB vote.
If there is a delay beyond next week, this will be the likely reason. Both the Mets’ current ownership and Cohen hope for de Blasio’s blessing by then, so they can proceed with the vote.
I agree. Cohen's company actually is a "person" for this purpose (see Citizens United or google 'corporate personhood'), but Cohen's company and Cohen are not the same "person." And since Cohen himself was never charged with any felony, I don't see any ground for the Mayor to block this. "Abruptly fuck off" is a good way to put it. And I'm a Yankee fan too.
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The terms call for "any person...". Cohen's company is not a person. Given he , personally, was never charged with any felony, the Mayor should abruptly fuck off. He has no grounds to be involved in this matter in any capacity. And I have no dog in this fight, as a Yankee fan.
I agree. Cohen's company actually is a "person" for this purpose (see Citizens United or google 'corporate personhood'), but Cohen's company and Cohen are not the same "person." And since Cohen himself was never charged with any felony, I don't see any ground for the Mayor to block this. "Abruptly fuck off" is a good way to put it. And I'm a Yankee fan too.