A committee voted down the last remaining proposal to build a casino in Manhattan, though proposals to build casinos in other New York boroughs are still alive.
The New York Gaming Facility Location Board will issue up to three casino licenses for downstate New York by year’s end. The Freedom Plaza plan would have seen a casino and other facilities built on land near the United Nations headquarters.
But four of six members of the community advisory committee on whether the project would go forward voted no. The committee members appointed by Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams voted yes…