Cla$$ warfare over school-build delay

A neurosurgeon and his wife are at the end of their rope over a long-delayed school-construction project next to their West Village home — and now want the city to pay because of it.

Dr. Edward Connolly Jr., vice chairman of neurosurgery at NewYork–Presbyterian, and wife Christine say they agreed to provide access to the exterior of their property at 97 Barrow St., including for scaffolding, while work crews finished the planned new middle school. The Connollys were paid $25,000 for access to their property.

But they say they were told the project at 75 Morton St. would be complete last year — and it’s still nowhere near finished.

With their contract with the city having expired in July, the pair is now demanding a hefty new fee of $340,000 to give work crews continued access to their town house property.

The School Construction Authority is suing them over their refusal to budge, saying the project was delayed due to structural problems and that the couple’s demand for more cash could leave kids stranded.

Notorious for missing construction deadlines, the SCA filed a Manhattan court suit this month to force the couple to provide access to their property.

“This will result in the delayed opening of the school and the potential loss of an entire school year for thousands of city schoolchildren,” the suit says.

Neighbors said the Connollys — who had to amend their own planned renovations because of the ongoing school project — are in the right on this one.

“All they do is jack-hammer, patch up things and rip it off ” again, John Dugdale, 57, said of the construction. “I’m blind and deaf in one ear. It’s enough to drive me out of my mind.”

The city Department of Education declined to comment, as did the Connollys and lawyers for both sides.