Resorts World New York City’s application for a full-scale casino license, an expansion of its existing property at 110-00 Rockaway Blvd. in South Ozone Park, was unanimously approved by a community advisory committee on Sept. 25.
The meeting, at Queens Borough Hall, saw all six members of the committee, Stevens Martinez, representing Gov. Hochul, state Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park), Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach), Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, Nicole Garcia, representing Mayor Adams and Betty Braton, representing Councilmember Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica), vote to move the application to the next phase.
Resorts World is competing for one of three downstate casino licenses to be awarded by the state Gaming Commission by the end of December.
