Mojo, you know as well as I do. They have no right to do that.
BUT. Because its big business, big noney, in the sin capital of the world, New York city. Thats how business is done. On a daily, every single day of the week routine.
You been there, you get around, you been around in the business world. "They" do whatever they want. MONEY greases the skids on everything, and it reaches everywhere.
Sorry to say. But it is, how it is.