Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll take a closer look at what doomed two big casino projects in Manhattan. We’ll also get details on Mahmoud Khalil’s legal situation as the Trump administration continues its efforts to remove him from the country.
The decision-making process that could bring three casinos to the New York area grinds on. Community advisory committees doomed two multibillion-dollar proposals in Manhattan on Wednesday. Six applications remain. They face a Sept. 30 deadline for approval or rejection by community-based committees in the neighborhoods where they would be built.
I asked Matthew Haag, a Metro reporter who covers real estate and politics, to analyze the committees’ decision and the prospects for the six remaining applications.
Were the two votes rejecting two big casino proposals a surprise?
Not entirely. Both casinos that were rejected, the Avenir on Manhattan’s Far West Side and Caesars Palace in Times Square, had been opposed by neighborhood groups, and the committee that rejected them was focusing on whether they had local support.
Beyond the specific concerns over them, some applicants have thought that any proposal in Manhattan would face an uphill battle and that if any in New York City received a casino license, it would be one in an outer borough.
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