BOROUGH HALL AND CONEY ISLAND — TWO KEY ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE STATED PUBLICLY THEIR PLANS TO VOTE AGAINST the proposed ‘The Coney’ casino, ahead of the upcoming Community Advisory Committee vote. The project, which the City Council approved on June 30 and which has backing from Thor Equities, would build a 1.3-million-square-foot casino and hotel in the heart of Coney Island’s amusement district that supporters said would bring in thousands of jobs.

Speaking as a Community Advisory Committee member, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso on Monday, Sept. 22 said that, during the months-long engagement period, “The Coney has failed to prove itself as a public good. The proposal is deeply unimpressive and unresponsive to the needs, desires, and rich history of the Coney Island commun

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