At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, as the first public hearing of the proposed Coney Island casino’s Community Advisory Committee was set to begin, dozens of locals were still lined up on the sidewalk, waiting to enter

Some shouted in protest as they were told not everyone would be able to speak or even enter the packed multipurpose room at the Coney Island YMCA. By the time the meeting began just before 10:30 a.m., nearly 90 people had registered to speak.

About 54 of those speakers, nearly two-thirds of the total, testified against the casino. Close

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The team behind The Coney are angling to build a 1.6-million-square-foot facility with a casino, hotel, retail stores, res

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