Kinda fun
Ramos calls Steve Cohen’s bluff – but we’re still giving a park to a billionaire
Interesting development here…
Form the NY Post
Steve Cohen’s Mets are losers — and so is apparently his Queens casino bid, at least for now.
State Sen. Jessica Ramos — who represents the Flushing-Corona area where Cohen wants to erect an $8 billion “Metropolitan Park” casino-entertainment complex — says she will not introduce legislation allowing the billionaire clubhouse owner to obtain a permit needed for his project to go forward.
In a statement, the representative of the common man said:
“I will not introduce legislation to alienate parkland in Corona for the purposes of a casino. Whether people rallied for or against Metropolitan Park, I heard the same dreams for Corona. We want investment and opportunity, we are desperate for green space, and recreation for the whole family. We disagree on the premise that we have to accept a casino in our backyard as the trade-off. I resent the conditions and the generations of neglect that have made many of us so desperate that we would be willing to settle.
I have drafted an alternative alienation bill that strikes a balance and would allow Mr. Cohen and Hard Rock to build a convention center and hotel, and more than double the proposed open green space. The parcel in question is in strategic proximity to LaGuardia Airport, and allows for visitors and tourists to feed into our vibrant food scene while addressing the consequence of
climate change in the area. Mr. Cohen and Hard Rock would still make a profit, albeit less. I hope my Assembly counterpart will consider this proposal so we can bring it to the Governor’s office and get to work. I recommend the City amend the lease to collect revenue from propertytax and allow for speedy renovation of this parcel. Mr. Cohen and his team have often declared their love for our community and said theyrecognize our potential. Finding a path forward would be a good way to show it.”
I am less excited than I was initially. I still don’t see why we are giving parkland to a billionaire to build anything. If he wants to make the area better then let’s let him build A PARK.
Anyway, his bluff has been called. Let’s see if he is still interested in the hotel business.
If the Mets were selling any tickets would they do a single admission DODGERS doubleheader?
Let me ask you this. If my friends the Mets were moving tickets at all, would they do a single admission doubleheader against the Dodgers, the most star-based team in baseball and theoretically a good draw?
Someone at the Mets needs to start dressing Carlos Mendoza
Everything he wore this weekend looked terrible. I’M A TERRIBLE DRESSER so I know what I’m talking about here.
Steve, this goes back to brand. The guy in charge looks like me in IDGAF mode at weekend picnic.
Pat Riley he is not. Who decided oversized cap and ill-fitting t-shirt is the way to go here?
Thanks to General Paul Lukas and Uni Watch
As General Paul Lukas (from the War to Ditch the Black) wraps up his 25 years on Uni Watch, I’d like to congratulate him on all the great articles over the years, the support that site gave to this one, and our general back and forth (some public, some not) about Mets related things over the years.
Two must reads from over the years that come to mind are
The Wilpon Script
One must also remember Paul’s efforts to encourage the Mets to restore Uniform Sanity and to remove the back, which did happen in 2012 before Steve Cohen went and ruined everything again. At least the Mets looked nice for a decade there.
Paul also helped us get the Queens Baseball Convention started years ago with the Uni Watch panel(s).
Congrats, and best success in your next endeavor!
