At the final public hearing regarding the proposed Coney Island casino earlier this month, as locals argued about how many jobs, cars, and people the project would bring to the neighborhood, a new number began to circulate.
“Let me give you one other figure that I know many people here are very familiar with today, especially the pro-casino side, and that is $80,” said Malik Hassan, executive director of MAS Brooklyn, at the Sept. 10 meeting. “$80 is the amount of money the pro-casino side is being paid.”
Hassan was the first of several attendees that night who claimed that at least some pro-casino speakers had been paid to speak in favor of The Coney.
