Mets billionaire owner Steve Cohen and partners moved forward on Tuesday in their bid to build a casino near Citi Field.

The Hard Rock at Metropolitan Park won unanimous approval from a local committee for an $8 billion project, the fourth and final proposal still under consideration in a yearslong competition for three lucrative downstate casino licenses . The state Gaming Commission will award the licenses in December.

The three other bids are for Bally’s Bronx , at a golf course formerly run by the Trump Organization, and at MGM Empire City and Resorts World New York City, existing racinos that already have limited gambling facilities in Yonkers and Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens .

Metropolitan Park would bring 5,000 slot machines, 375 dealer tables, and 30 poker tables to Willet

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