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Bronx and Queens Casino Bids Spark Clashing Testimony

  With weeks left before local boards recommend gaming sites to the state, neighbors of Ferry Point Park and Citi Field lined up to make competing cases for construction jobs and against gambling. This article originally appeared in The City. By Haidee Chu and Jonathan Custodio Bronx Voice September 11, 2025 BRONX - Community members, business owners and union representatives exchanged heated arguments for and against two controversial casino projects at public hearings in Queens and The Bronx Tuesday evening — taking their last swings at influencing local community advisory committees that will decide in less than three weeks whether casino bids in their neighborhoods advance toward potential state approval. At a nonprofit community center in Throggs Neck in The Bronx, 88 speakers signed up to share their thoughts about a $4 billion plan by Ba...

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