The City Council voted Monday to reject the land-use changes that the Bally’s Corp. needs for its Bronx casino, a seemingly fatal blow for the $4 billion project.
Lawmakers voted 29-9, with 4 abstentions, in favor of a motion to disapprove that was put forward by Councilwoman Kristy Marmorato, a Republican who represents the East Bronx site. By siding with Marmorato over the Rhode Island-based casino company, lawmakers likely ended the casino bid before it could even compete in the state-led licensing process, and narrowed the number of casino contenders to just seven.
Bally’s chairman Soo Kim called the outcome “incredibly disappointing” in an interview Monday evening.
