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The Adams administration is moving to fast-track a deal with real estate developer Related Companies to continue running Wollman Rink, sealing it before the mayor finishes his term — and freezing out rival proposals.

On Wednesday the Parks Department announced it had picked Wollman Park Partners II, an affiliate of Related, to run the rink in a competitive bidding process. Among the losing bidders was the Trump Organization, which had revived the rink in the 1980s.

But before putting the rink out to bid, the department had also declined an offer by th

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