The Coney Casino & Resort in Brooklyn is sweetening its pitch in hopes of landing one of the three commercial gaming licenses allocated for New York’s downstate region. A rendering of The Coney, a $3 billion project for Coney Island in New York. The developers behind the Brooklyn pitch have pledged a $200 million community trust should it receive one of the state’s remaining casino licenses. (Image: The Coney) Robert Cornegy, a former Democratic member of the New York City Council representing Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant and northern Crown Heights neighborhoods, is helping lead the campaign to bring a casino resort to Coney Island. On Thursday, Cornegy unveiled that if The Coney secures a gaming license, the developers behind the project will commit to funding a $200 million trust that will benefit the seaside community. Coney Island is an incredible community and this $200 million trust will help make it even better for generations to come. Working directly with the community and… Read More
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