{"id":122343,"date":"2025-08-06T01:23:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/122343\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T01:23:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:23:15","slug":"nyc-council-must-ignore-partisan-politics-and-fight-on-against-bronx-casino-rezoning-okd-by-mayor-adams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/122343\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Council must ignore partisan politics and fight on against Bronx casino rezoning OK’d by Mayor Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems the City Council won\u2019t seek to override Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 veto<\/a> of its vote to prevent a Bronx rezoning to allow a proposed Bally\u2019s Casino in Ferry Point Park \u2014 which is a pretty damning tell of the true priorities of the council\u2019s progressive majority. <\/p>\n

Much as it loves to override the mayor, the council can\u2019t be bothered to fight to protect a Republican district.<\/p>\n

The mayor wants the site to remain an option for an outer-borough casino \u2014 though how siting a new gambling mecca outside Manhattan makes any sense is a real head-scratcher: Is putting it in the shadow of the Whitestone Bridge supposed to appeal to Long Islanders? <\/p>\n

\"RenderingBallys Corporation rendering of vision of Golf and Entertainment complex in the Bronx. Bally’s Corporation<\/p>\n

Or is the relatively isolated site meant to minimize the quality-of-life impact on residential areas? <\/p>\n

Traditionally, the council supports members who oppose drastic rezonings in their own districts, but apparently Speaker Adrienne Adams and her circle are OK flipping off Councilwoman Kristy Marmorato and her constituents, who dared to elect the Bronx\u2019s only GOP member.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPost Editorial Board<\/p>\n

Yes, the council sided with Marmorato last month in voting to reject the land-use change<\/a> for Bally\u2019s proposed casino at the former Trump golf property.<\/p>\n

But (per council sources) Adrienne Adams & Co. couldn\u2019t be bothered to schedule an override vote when members\u2019 vacation plans made it too hard to line up the 34 votes needed for an override.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"CouncilwomanCouncilwoman Kristy Marmorato is the Bronx\u2019s only GOP member. Paul Martinka<\/p>\n

Bally\u2019s Bronx bid is one of eight options for three available downstate casino licenses that state regulators can issue, in a competition that then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo basically designed to maximize political-contribution palm-greasing.<\/p>\n

Some bidders are trying to play nice: For example, The Bally\u2019s Foundation\u2019s did a $10 million deal last spring to save Preston HS, an all-girls Catholic school near the Bronx park, from closure.<\/p>\n

But the whole contest remains pretty ugly, and the council\u2019s retreat only makes it that much more squalid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It seems the City Council won\u2019t seek to override Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 veto of its vote to prevent…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":122344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[8070,5229,9303,5310,7033,4691,5289,393,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,1269,5305,75788,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-122343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-adrienne-adams","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-casinos","11":"tag-city-council","12":"tag-democrats","13":"tag-editorial","14":"tag-eric-adams","15":"tag-gaming","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-city","18":"tag-newyork","19":"tag-newyorkcity","20":"tag-ny","21":"tag-nyc","22":"tag-opinion","23":"tag-the-bronx","24":"tag-trump-golf-links-at-ferry-point","25":"tag-united-states","26":"tag-united-states-of-america","27":"tag-unitedstates","28":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","29":"tag-us","30":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114979209746030819","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}