The State Senate voted 54-5 late Tuesday to grant Steve Cohen, the owner of the New York Mets, a crucial permission that will allow him to submit his application to the state to build an $8 billion casino and entertainment complex on Citi Field’s parking lot, unencumbered by land use restrictions.
Read MoreResorts World New York City anted up this week, announcing its plan to help build 50,000 units of workforce housing as it prepares its bid to score one of the three lucrative downstate casino licenses to soon be handed out by the state.
Read MoreNew York Mets owner Steve Cohen's recent string of luck continued this week after the State Assembly voted to grant him a crucial permission that would allow him to build an $8 billion casino and entertainment complex in Queens should he win one of the three casino licenses to be handed out by the state later this year.
Read MoreA Senate committee played their cards close to their chest this week when they narrowly voted to advance a bill that would allow New York Mets owner Steve Cohen to build a casino on Citi Field’s parking lot.
Read MoreThe City Council passed a resolution on Thursday calling on the state to pass a bill that would allow New York Mets owner Steve Cohen to build a casino on Citi Field’s parking lot.
Read More“As lifelong New Yorkers and environmental professionals, we are sounding the alarm. Queens Future’s proposal is greenwashing. The so-called “Metropolitan Park” is not a park—it’s a sprawling casino development dressed in the language of sustainability.”
Read MoreTwo bidders each hoping to bring a casino to Queens were among the top spenders on lobbying in Albany last year, according to a recently released report.
Read MoreOptimism was abound for both the Mets and their casino-pursuing owner as the baseball team began their season in Queens.
Read MoreA Queens lawmaker over the weekend said he’d introduce a bill that would allow New York Mets owner Steve Cohen to build a casino on Citi Field’s parking lot in exchange for a longshot promise to build a pedestrian bridge over Flushing Creek.
Read MoreThe City Council on Wednesday approved New York Mets owner Steve Cohen’s plan to bring a casino to Citi Field.
Read MoreNew York Mets owner Steve Cohen’s $8 billion plan to bring a casino to Citi Field’s parking lot will head to the City Council for a vote after the City Planning Commission gave the project their stamp of approval last week.
Read MoreThe competing developers behind Resorts World New York City’s casino expansion project and Metropolitan Park almost simultaneously this month opened new models and visual representations of their projects to the public.
Read MoreQueens Borough President Donovan Richards gave Mets owner Steve Cohen’s plan to bring a casino to Citi Field’s parking lot his stamp of approval on Monday, bringing Cohen one step closer to having the $8 billion plan approved at the city level.
Read MoreMets owner Steve Cohen’s plan to bring a casino to Western Queens was overwhelmingly approved by all five community boards charged with reviewing the proposal under the city’s land use review process.
Read MoreMets owner Steve Cohen officially submitted his plan to bring a casino and entertainment complex to Citi Field’s parking lot to the city for review this week.
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