Bill de Blasio is reportedly looking for a way to tear up the city's contracts with the Trump Organization after Michael Cohen's guilty plea


* Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration is again looking into whether the city can cancel its contracts with the Trump Organization.
* This time around, de Blasio is zeroing in on President Donald Trump's former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen's recent guilty plea in federal court as possible grounds for termination.
* In 2015, de Blasio looked into the possibility after Trump, in announcing his presidential bid, said the Mexican government was sending "rapists" across the US southern border.

Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration is again looking into whether the city can cancel its contracts with the Trump Organization, this time as a result of President Donald Trump's former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen's legal troubles, The New York Times reported.
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...another factor that could come into play this time around is Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg's immunity deal with federal investigators probing Cohen. Weisselberg's name, The Times reported, is contained within contract documents between the city and the Trump Organization. - Business Insider