State Senator Jessica Ramos drafts counter that would allow for convention center, hotel at Citi Field location.
Steve Cohen now has lot more work to do if he wants to get his Queens casino and entertainment complex off the ground.
Cohen and partner Hard Rock are banking on a $8 billion project in the Queens neighborhood of Corona to bring gaming, a hotel, restaurants, a music venue, park space, and parking garages close to the Mets’ home stadium.“I will not introduce legislation to alienate parkland in Corona for the purposes of a casino,” Ramos wrote in a statement Tuesday. “Whether people rallied for or against Metropolitan Park, I heard the same dreams for Corona.
Despite pressure from Queens borough president Donovan Richards, state assembly member Jeff Aubry, and city council member Francisco Moya, Ramos shot down the legislation suggestions and instead countered with a different location.
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