#De Blasio postures on Trump, skaters lose

It turns out that ending the Trump Organization’s 35-year operatorship of Central Park’s iconic Wollman Rink isn’t free — and it’s the New Yorkers who use it who’ll pay the price.

Wollman Park Partners, LLC (WPP) won the contract to renovate and operate the Wollman Rink over the next five years but now plans to significantly hike fees.

Per a document from the Manhattan Borough President’s Office, a family of four will pay $116 to enter, rent skates and secure a locker when the rink reopens in the fall, up from $100 under Trump.

WPP claims the cash will go to renovations and new programs that let first responders, nonprofits and low-income groups skate free or at a discount. But the hikes still make the rink less accessible to the general public.

For children and athletes who just want a nice place to skate, Manhattan Beep Gale Brewer says the new prices aren’t affordable.

Thank Mayor Bill de Blasio, who severed all city ties with the Trump Organization (run by the former prez’s sons) in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

WPP is a joint venture of the New Jersey Devils’ owner, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, and two other partners that formed less than a month before nabbing the Wollman contract. Brewer fears it may not “have any operational experience of any sort.”

Count it as one more case where de Blasio chose to indulge his preferences at the public’s expense.