NEW YORK — A community panel will vote Tuesday morning on whether an $8.1 billion casino resort proposed by Hard Rock International and New York Mets owner Steve Cohen can move forward.

Metropolitan Park would be built in Queens next to CitiField, the Mets' stadium.

It will be the subject of a yes-or-no vote by a community advisory panel that has the power to send it forward for additional scrutiny by New York state gambling regulators, or kill it outright.

The panels assess the pros and cons of a proposal against the level of community support for or opposition to it.

The Hard Rock project is the final one of eight casinos that were proposed in or near New York City to undergo a first-round vote.

Much is at stake for Atlantic City in the votes on New York casinos — particularly the

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