{"id":160218,"date":"2021-02-22T12:26:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T17:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=160218"},"modified":"2021-02-22T12:44:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T17:44:10","slug":"de-blasio-reverses-decision-to-close-trump-operated-ice-rinks-after-outraged-new-yorkers-blast-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/de-blasio-reverses-decision-to-close-trump-operated-ice-rinks-after-outraged-new-yorkers-blast-him\/","title":{"rendered":"De Blasio Reverses Decision To Close Trump-Operated Ice Rinks After Outraged New Yorkers Blast Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fde-blasio-reverses-decision-to-close-trump-operated-ice-rinks-after-outraged-new-yorkers-blast-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=160218&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bill-de-Blasio.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, reversed his decision to close two Central Park ice rinks weeks early on Sunday after angry New Yorkers slammed him.<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio announced last month that the city is cutting ties with the Trump Organization because of its affiliation with former President Donald Trump. The mayor had planned for the rinks\u2019 final day of the winter season to be on Sunday, weeks earlier than the rinks\u2019 traditional close date in April.<\/p>\n<p>New Yorkers expressed outrage with the mayor\u2019s decision to take the ice rinks away because of Trump, pressuring de Blasio to reverse his decision on Sunday. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/21\/nyregion\/trump-skating-rink-central-park.html\">The New York Times<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Wistful skaters descended on Central Park on Sunday for what they thought would be their last outing on the ice for the season, after the Trump Organization abruptly announced that the two ice rinks there would close as the city moved to end its contracts following the Capitol riot.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>But after complaints mounted throughout the day over the loss of a precious venue for outdoor entertainment and exercise during the pandemic \u2014 and as some New Yorkers, despite former President Donald J. Trump\u2019s unpopularity in his home city, faulted City Hall for ending the contracts early \u2014 Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s office said on Sunday evening that the rinks would stay open for the season.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lee Klausner, whose two daughters skate in the ice rinks, told <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/21\/nyc-backtracks-on-plan-to-close-trump-owned-ice-rinks\/\">the New York Post<\/a> that de Blasio\u2019s decision was hurting thousands of children during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe real people they\u2019re hurting are the 2,500 children that have been benefiting from the skating program this season and 250 innocent employees who have been keeping this going for us,\u201d Klausner said.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the mayor said the city was cutting its contract with the Trump Organization over the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol by a crowd of Trump supporters. De Blasio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/new-york-elections-government\/ny-nyc-trump-org-de-blasio-contracts-20210112-kljdzb2cgrbfjcywrgv7vr2vri-story.html\">claimed<\/a> the city is within its rights to sever the contracts because Trump \u201cincited a rebellion against the United States government\u201d on January 6. The Trump Organization, run by the former president\u2019s children, has promised to take legal action against the city.<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio press secretary Bill Neidhardt announced the mayor\u2019s reversal in a statement: \u201cNew York City kids deserve all the time on the ice they can get this year. The Wollman and Lasker rinks will stay open under current management for the few weeks left in this season. But make no mistake, we will not be doing business with the Trump Organization going forward. Inciting an insurrection will never be forgotten or forgiven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eric Trump, son of the former president and executive vice president of the Trump Organization, thanked de Blasio in a Sunday tweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Mayor \u2013 Thank You for keeping Wollman and Lasker Rinks open \u2014 you\u2019ve just made countless NYC families (along w our 250 employees) incredibly happy. This is a bright moment for New York and please know we appreciate it. I look forward to saying \u2018thanks\u2019 in person,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYCMayor<\/a> Mr. Mayor \u2013 Thank You for keeping Wollman and Lasker Rinks open \u2014 you\u2019ve just made countless NYC families (along w our 250 employees) incredibly happy. This is a bright moment for New York and please know we appreciate it. I look forward to saying \u201cthanks\u201d in person.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Trump (@EricTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricTrump\/status\/1363637701719846912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, reversed his decision to close two Central Park ice rinks weeks early on Sunday after angry New Yorkers slammed him. 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