City officials who proposed to bypass NYC's local land-use review process for the winners of the ongoing casino bidding war may have thought they were increasing the odds that a casino will land in one of the five boroughs, but they're facing some unexpectedly stiff opposition: local community boards.
Developers have joined forces with some of the world's leading gaming companies to ante up $1B bids for the most lucrative economic development project on the horizon: one of the three casino licenses that will be awarded by the state in the NYC metro area.
Five casino bids target Midtown Manhattan, including sites in Times Square, Hudson Yards and a waterfront site next to the United Nations. Five other bids also involve locations within the city limits, including next to Citi Field in Queens and on Coney Island in Brooklyn.
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