Mayor Eric Adams wants to clear bureaucratic hurdles for those looking to set up casinos in New York City and locals aren’t having it, voting against the idea and calling it undemocratic.

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Members of a Manhattan Community Board 4’s land use committee unanimously opposed the proposed amendment put forth by the city’s Planning Department on Wednesday.

The proposal would allow for casinos to set up in certain commercial or industrial zoning districts — including within CB4, which encompasses Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea — and permits proposals to bypass the city’s zoning process called the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, or ULURP.

City Hall’s plan to cut out the public review process must, itself, go through its own public review process.