Overview
- Community Advisory Committees are slated to vote Monday on Bally’s at Ferry Point in the Bronx at 10 a.m. and Thor Equities’ Coney Island project at 3 p.m.
- Two racino-based proposals have already advanced after unanimous committee approvals: MGM’s Empire City in Yonkers and Resorts World at Aqueduct in Queens.
- Three Manhattan bids — Caesars Times Square, Avenir at Hudson Yards, and Freedom Plaza near the U.N. — were voted down by their panels.
- Mayor Eric Adams earlier vetoed a City Council rezoning denial to keep the Bally’s Bronx plan alive, with backers touting thousands of jobs.
- The final local vote, on the Metropolitan Park proposal by Citi Field, is set for Tuesday, after which state officials expect to award up to three licenses before year-end with final decisions in December.