A giant “Vote for Trump” sign lights up in New York state following a last-minute court victory

It was an early victory for Donald Trump.

Supporters of the former president in upstate New York won a last-minute court victory that allowed them to burn a 100-foot-wide “Vote for Trump” sign, despite their city's efforts to block the massive political support.

Anthony Constantino — the CEO of manufacturing company Sticker Mule, which has a political action committee supporting the Republican presidential candidate — will hold a rally Monday evening to officially unveil the sign on his company's building.

“We are ready to light it!” Constantino shared with the Post the text of the ruling, which came less than two hours before the 7 p.m. event.

Lawyers for Amsterdam, a community of about 18,000 people about 35 miles northwest of Albany, alleged in a lawsuit last week that the signage violates city code and could pose a safety risk by distracting passing motorists.

Montgomery County Superior Court Judge Rebecca Slezak had issued a ruling that would have banned lighting the giant letters on fire until at least a hearing Tuesday morning.

But the judge lifted the injunction in time after hearing oral argument in the case, which ended around 5:30 p.m. on Monday.

“My lawyers told me I have the right to proceed as planned,” Constantino said.

Sal Ferlazzo, Constantino's attorney and general counsel for Sticker Mule, confirmed that the judge agreed to overturn her previous order on the grounds that the sign was sufficiently far from highways and posed no danger.

“All I know is that the party is going to happen tonight and the lighting is going to happen and there is no court order prohibiting the lighting and display of the sign,” Ferlazzo said. “So of course it’s a nice win for Anthony and his team.”

Lawyers in Amsterdam have until October 18 to resubmit their documents after the judge found the documents contained clerical errors.

Constantino said he expects thousands of people could come to the rally, which will include guest speakers including local politicians, Republican activist Joe Pinion, MMA fighter Tracy Cortez and two former UFC champions, Kelvin Gastelum and Henry Cejudo.

City attorneys led by Democratic Mayor Michael Cinquanti alleged in their lawsuit that a code enforcement officer informed Sticker Mule in August that a permit and additional zoning variances were required to install the sign. But the company allegedly never contacted us again, according to court documents.

In fact, it wasn't until Oct. 1 that Code Enforcement Officer Grant Egelston noticed that “there appeared to be a new sign under a tarp” at the 26 Elk Street building owned by Sticker Mule, according to Egelston's affidavit.

The city issued a notice of violation and remedial action to Sticker Mule on Thursday for allegedly violating the zoning code that prohibits signs on roofs and because the sign was too large, the filing said.

The city claimed that the “sign creates a dangerous distraction and affects the flow of traffic” to local streets and major highways, including Route 5 and Route 90.

“These dangerous distractions are exacerbated by the novelty of the sign,” which could cause people to stop and take selfies with it, “all at the risk of injuring other operators and/or passengers in moving vehicles,” it says the affidavit.

Constantino claimed the safety argument was “a ridiculous argument from a Democratic politician” and pointed out that large signs and landmarks exist all over our country without any problems.

“People like nice signs, they’re all over the country and people know how to drive.”

Constantino said he originally wanted to put up the sign as a symbol of the Republican presidential candidate's message of bringing manufacturing back to America and as a symbol of an underdog overcoming adversity. But recently it has become a symbol of the fight for freedom of expression.

He claimed that Democrats “want to abolish free speech and unravel America, and so the sign now means something even bigger than I thought…In America, I got a First Amendment right.”

“It’s my building, it’s a beautiful sign, and whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, the sign is an encouraging thing for community enthusiasm,” Constantino said.

Both an Amsterdam lawyer and the mayor's office did not respond to requests for comment on Monday.