TAKE ACTION TODAY
EMAIL YOUR STATE REPS
Use our comment template and email your state Senators and Assembly Members to demand that they not support any legislation that would alienate Flushing Meadows Corona Park for a casino.
CALL YOUR STATE REPS
Use the call script to call your State Senators and Assembly Members and demand that they not support any legislation that would alienate Flushing Meadows Corona Park for a casino.
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USE OUR TOOLKIT
Use our No Casino toolkit to stay up-to-date with current actions you can take against Queens Future’s proposed casino. The toolkit is a living document and will be continuously updated to reflect the ongoing casino timeline.
Credit Jeff Deng when sharing the No Casino flyers above.
COMMUNITY OPPOSITION
Public Comments on the ULURP Process
Read GoFB’s comments to Community Boards 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 here.
Read GoFB’s comments to the City Planning Commission here.
Read GoFB’s comments to NYC City Council here.
Read Jackson Heights Indivisible’s letter to Council Member and Chair of the Parks Committee Shekar Krishnan here.
IN THE NEWS
Stay up-to-date with the processes involved and our advocacy!
News Articles
Cohen’s casino plan wins over community boards by Jacob Kaye
Queens BP Donovan Richards recommends conditional approval of $8 billion Metropolitan Park proposal by Shane O’Brien
Borough prez gives stamp of approval to Cohen’s casino plan by Jacob Kaye
Flushing’s Metropolitan Park casino proposal gets City Planning Commission green light by Shane O’Brien
To no one’s surprise, Queens Future tops list for hiring most lobbyists by Sophie Krichevsky
NY senator backs Citi Field casino plan with Flushing Skypark proposal and $100M pledge by Verónica Del Valle
Community groups criticize Sen. Liu for backing Metropolitan Park casino bill by Shane O’Brien
Mets Owners Are Already Drilling at Citi Field — Without NYC Casino Bid Settled by Katie Honan
Queens casino bidders topped state lobbying spending last year by Jacob Kaye
Metropolitan Park gets another thumbs up from City Council by Ryan Schwach
Op-Eds
Metropolitan Park’s Casino Is a Losing Bet for Queens’ Asian Communities by Carolyn Lau
Citi Field Casino: Bad Bet for Queens by Michelle Lau-Burke, Len Maniace, Kara Fan, and Aimee Rosato
Opinion: What does a climate-just future for Queens look like? by Jamie Ong, Maggie Flanagan, and Gita Nandan