“VOTE FOR TRUMP” now lights up a portion of the Amsterdam city skyline.

Sticker Mule’s political action committee uncovered a once-sanctioned, glowing rooftop sign in support of Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump before a MAGA-friendly crowd in Amsterdam on Monday night.

“It’s going to be one of those signs like the Las Vegas sign or like the Hollywood sign, that people are going to want to come and see forever,” said Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino, indicating that he aims to keep it up after Election Day. “So I think it’s great for the community.”

The uncovering comes mere days after the city ordered the sign to be concealed under a temporary restraining order for allegedly violating city code. That order was lifted on Monday, according to police.

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Amsterdam police spokesperson Lt. Joseph Spencer said that he received a heads up late in the afternoon Monday that the temporary restraining order had been lifted.

“The city code part of it is still outstanding, and whatever happened in court is probably still in a dynamic, changing environment,” Spencer said. “We’ll know whenever legal counsel gives the next best guidance.”

The Daily Gazette Family of Newspapers reached out to Amsterdam Mayor Michael Cinquanti for comment on the situation.

According to Sticker Mule spokesperson James Colistra, legal filings regarding the lifting of the order were expected to be available on Monday.

Constantino described the moment as a massive legal victory for his lawyer, Albany-based Sal Ferlazzo. The attorney told the New York Post that the order was vacated by state Supreme Court Judge Rebecca Slezak.

“I don’t know what happened in court, but I got the green light from my attorney and I owe him a debt of gratitude and the community does too,” Constantino said.

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The new typographic structure replaces the city’s long-standing sign reading “FOWNES,” a company which previously outsourced manufacturing jobs before leaving the city for good in 2010.

Sticker Mule bought the building in 2019, one of six properties it owns within the city.

A diss at the old leather-stocking company, the new sign is intended to represent Trump’s pledge to bring back manufacturing jobs to the United States and the entrepreneur’s efforts to do so in the city.

While Sticker Mule has long made its presence known in the city, Constantino has only recently entered the public spotlight as an outspoken Trump supporter after the attempted assassination of the GOP populist in July. He launched StickerPAC in September to raise money for the Republican candidate.

Approximately $150,000 from the committee was put into the sign.

Broadalbin Councilman David Bardascini was among a trove of Trump supporters who packed a lot on Elk Street to check out the sign and show support for the former commander-in-chief.

“I can guarantee you if it said ‘Harris for President,’ they wouldn’t have a word to say,” Bardascini said.

The event featured a number of conservative politicians speaking from the podium, including 20th Congressional District hopeful Kevin Waltz and two-time state Assembly candidate Rotterdam Town Board member Joseph Mastroianni.

Mastroianni, who faces an uphill battle in his race against Assemblymember Angelo Santabara, D-Rotterdam, said that Constantino spoke for “a lot of people that couldn’t speak for themselves” when he circulated an email in July to customers pushing to end “Trump hate.”

“You know, on the left they intimidate us,” Mastroianni said before a sizable crowd. “They intimidate us and censor what we say. We have to watch what you say. We don’t want to offend everybody. But that’s what’s destroying our country right now.”

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