The corpse of the proposed Coney Island casino was still warm when its funeral began.

As locals filled the front room at Coney Island USA on the night of Sept. 29, Assembly Member Alec Brook-Krasny fake wept over a makeshift casket filled with “The Coney” flyers and cotton candy. People snapped photos of their middle fingers outstretched toward the coffin and scribbled not-so-fond notes in the guestbook. 

A week before the CAC was set to vote, Brannan announced in an Op-Ed that he would vote against it. Three other members — Reynoso, state Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton, and Marissa Solomon, who was appointed by Brook-Krasny — followed suit. On Sept. 29, they officially cast their votes, and The Coney was no more.

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