A Times Square casino plan backed by entertainment impresario Jay-Z and another planned for Manhattan's West Side both failed to make it past community screening panels Wednesday, dramatically slimming the field for three casino licenses the state will award this year.

With almost no comment in a 10-minute meeting, a Community Advisory Council voted 4-2 against advancing the Times Square project to the Gaming Facility Location Board. About an hour later, a similar panel quashed the Silverstein Properties/West Side bid (dubbed "The Avenir"), also by a 4-2 vote.

One of the developers of the Times Square bid was livid after the vote, berating the panelists as they exited the meeting, video of the proceedings showed.

"This was a despicable display of cowardice, a complete lack of considerat

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