The New York City Council overwhelmingly approved a series of zoning changes for Metropolitan Park, a proposed $8 billion casino and entertainment complex near Citi Field in Queens.
The 41-2 vote constituted the final step in the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure process for the project. The proposal still faces hurdles in the state Legislature as part of a protracted casino license review process running through 2025.
Man, if I were Elon Musk I would retire some numbers in a hurry to reverse all this bad press I am getting.
Why do we have to build a casino? Why can’t we just make the PARK nicer. Whatever you plan to do with the casino parking, let’s do that, and then with all the extra space we can plant some trees and grass and make the neighbor beautiful, because I am told this is what this is about, right?
