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Viva no Vegas!

A key committee has voted down the third and final casino proposed in Manhattan.

The project, named Freedom Plaza and backed by the Soloviev Group and Mohegan Sun, would have been built in Murray Hill on an enormous empty lot near the United Nations that previously housed a Con Edison power plant.

The advisory committee for the casino project, consisting of appointees from the mayor, governor and local representatives, voted 4-2 to reject the proposal — with only the appointees of Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul voting yes.

That

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