Casinos for NYC Will Be Chosen By Year’s End. Here’s How.
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Eight players are in, the cards are down — and now we wait.
The final-round game to secure a highly lucrative license to open a casino in the New York City area begins now. By the end of this year, a specially-created state board will give the go-ahead to three proposals for commercial casinos in the five boroughs and Yonkers.
Eight players are in, the cards are down — and now we wait.
The final-round game to secure a highly lucrative license to open a casino in the New York City area begins now. By the end of this year, a specially-created state board will give the go-ahead to three proposals for commercial casinos in the five boroughs and Yonkers.
The Coney, Brooklyn:
- Governor’s appointment: Portia Henry, assistant secretary for transportation for the governor
- Self-appointed: State Senator Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
- State Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krasny’s appointment: Marissa Solomon, Coney Island resident and active opponent to the casino plan
- Self-appointed: Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso
- Mayor’s appointment: Alex Sommer, director of the Brooklyn office of the Department of City Planning
- Self-appointed: Councilmember Justin Brannan
