{"id":8756,"date":"2024-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/america\/ny-community-we-want-to-build-a-park-instead-of-a-casino\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T00:00:00","slug":"ny-community-we-want-to-build-a-park-instead-of-a-casino","status":"publish","type":"america","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/america\/ny-community-we-want-to-build-a-park-instead-of-a-casino\/","title":{"rendered":"N.Y community, we want to build a park instead of a casino."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">The plan was pitched as an alternative to Mets owner Steve Cohen&rsquo;s proposal to bring a casino and entertainment complex to the lot the city has designated as parkland but has never been used as such.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Despite the difference in resources behind the plan &ndash; Cohen&rsquo;s net worth is estimated to be a little less than $20 billion &ndash; the park plan dubbed Phoenix Meadows has caught the eye of State Senator Jessica Ramos, who has the ability to make or break any proposal made for the land. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/international\/ny-community-we-want-to-build-a-park-instead-of-a-casino2.jpg\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">The park plan was unveiled at a rally and march through Downtown Flushing on Saturday by a coalition of local groups opposed to Cohen&rsquo;s Metropolitan Park. Phoenix Meadows was designed by a coalition of advocates aligned under the group FED UP &ndash; or Flushing for Equitable Development and Urban Planning. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/international\/ny-community-we-want-to-build-a-park-instead-of-a-casino3.jpg\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large\">The group opposes the unrelated proposed developments at Citi Field and Willets Point, and want to see the land instead used as public park space.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">While Cohen is competing with around a dozen developers for one of three downstate casino licenses expected to be handed out by the state&rsquo;s Gaming Commission in the next year or two, he&rsquo;ll also need Ramos to approve of his project if he has any shot of it moving forward. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Because of the land&rsquo;s designation as parkland, Ramos and her Assembly counterpart, Jeff Aubry, would need to introduce a piece of legislation known as a parkland alienation bill that would specifically allow for Cohen to build his casino. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/international\/ny-community-we-want-to-build-a-park-instead-of-a-casino4.jpg\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Though Aubry introduced such a bill last year, Ramos held off. 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