Overview

• Bally’s Bronx won a 5-1 Community Advisory Committee vote to advance a roughly $4 billion plan at Ferry Point with a 500,000-square-foot casino, a 500-room hotel and a 2,000-person event center.
• Supporters on the panel cited jobs and investment, while the lone no vote from Councilmember Kristy Marmorato’s appointee flagged traffic, crime and parkland concerns after the bid was revived by Mayor Eric Adams’ earlier veto of a Council rejection.
• The Coney Island proposal from Thor Equities and partners was voted down 4-2, eliminating the Brooklyn bid despite last-minute increases to its community trust and public safety funds.
• Resorts World in Queens and MGM Empire City in Yonkers previously won unanimous approvals, and those two racinos join Bally’s as CAC-cleared finalists moving to the state Gaming Facility Location Board and Gaming Commission, which plan to award up to three licenses by year’s end.
• Under Bally’s lease terms, the Trump Organization would receive about $115 million if the Bronx project secures a license, and Steve Cohen’s Metropolitan Park plan near Citi Field is scheduled for its advisory committee vote on Tuesday.