Wayne Parry

NEW YORK — A community advisory panel on Monday allowed a proposal by Bally's Corp. for a casino in the Bronx to move forward, the second instance in which a company that owns a casino in Atlantic City may get the right to compete against itself in New York for many of the same customers.

Later in the day, a second panel shot down a plan to build a casino in Brooklyn's Coney Island neighborhood.

The first panel approved Bally's plan to build a $4 billion resort spanning 16 acres of parking lots and practice green areas at Bally’s Golf Links at Ferry Point.

"We are happy to have completed this important process of gaining community feedback and concerns," said Soo Kim, chairman of Bally's Corp. "The affirmative vote is a signal that we have been able to address many of those

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