EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- A proposed casino on the East Side was rejected by a Community Advisory Committee, becoming the third Manhattan casino to suffer the same fate in less than a week.

The Freedom Plaza casino was proposed for a tract on the East Side near the United Nations.

The casino is the third to be rejected 4-2 by a Community Advisory Committee, going the way of two other casinos in Manhattan , where politicians are highly skeptical of putting a casino in their borough.

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, City Council Member Keith Powers, State Senator Kristen Gonzalez, and Assemblymember Harvey Epstein released the following statement:

"As elected representatives of Midtown East, we commend the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) for conducting an inclusive, tr

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