Post: Sen. Jessica Ramos blocks Steve Cohen’s casino bid next to Mets ballpark
Mr. Burns is a fictional character on the Simpsons, portrayed as a billionaire. In one episode he opened a casino.
A state lawmaker who represents the communities around the Mets’ Citi Field has temporarily blocked billionaire Mets owner Steve Cohen’s plan to build a casino and entertainment complex in the lots next to the ballpark.
… Sen. Jessica Ramos told The Post Sunday she would not introduce a bill in the final weeks of the legislative session.
“I had a very productive town hall on Friday which is going to be the first of many conversations I have with my neighbors,” Ramos said. “My neighbors and I are not currently in a place where it would be appropriate to introduce parkland alienation legislation.”
The lots and other property around Citi Field in Willets Point are deemed parkland — designated as part of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park back in 1939.
I was thinking about this thing the Casino crowd has been trying to mind-trick you with where they throw around words like asphalt.
So let’s look at Central Park. Maybe we shouldn’t have a skating rink. Let’s tear that down and replace it with green space. Or a casino. How does that sound?
Parks have parking lots. I was in a different park yesterday. I parked there. That’s how it works.
None of that is a casino. A casino is not a park.
If you want to open a casino, buy some land across the street on the part that isn’t a casino, and apply for a casino license.
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