A lawsuit filed by five Queens residents seeking to reverse the New York State Gaming Commission’s (NYSGC) decision to award a casino license to the Metropolitan Park group led by New York Mets owner Steve Cohen was reassigned to a new judge this week.
The previous judge, Hon. Nicholas W. Moyne, submitted a recusal form April 2. In his filing, Moyne wrote he has a “tangential social relationship with a member of respondent. ” The judge wrote that the relationship, while “not impacting my impartiality, may create the appearance of partiality, which I wish to avoid. ”
Moyne had previously dismissed the lawsuit prior to his recusal, arguing the New York State Supreme Court was not the proper venue.
