Credit: Screengrab/New York Mets/YouTubeīut the holdup hasn’t stopped Cohen and the multiple lobbying firms he’s hired from putting pressure on Council members to support the casino.Ĭity records show lobbyists from four separate companies along with in-house lobbyists from New Green Willets, the limited liability company Cohen’s team formed last year, have stated their intention to contact 14 Council members to discuss the project so far this year. Steve Cohen, pictured at a press conference after he purchased Mets in 2020, wants to build a casino on land surrounding Citi Field. Without the state senator’s bill and approval in both houses of the state legislature, there’s not much the Council can do, according to land use experts. That community board adjoins the stadium.
“I don’t feel comfortable presenting a bill to designate or alienate parkland to build a casino, to build a hotel, to build a dining hall, to build a concert hall,” she told members of Community Board 3, which represents Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst and parts of Corona, on April 20. Mets’ Casino Gamble Could Crap Out in Parking Lot.Adams Open to Mets Owner Steve Cohen’s Pitch for Citi Field Casino and Willets Point Makeover.
