Kathy Hochul, the borough president and the local state senator, assemblymember and councilmember each picking one. In New York City, each CAC will have six members, with Mayor Eric Adams, Gov.
The Planning Department’s case for doing away with ULURP for casino proposals is that it would duplicate the state’s review process, in which Community Advisory Committees (CAC) will be created for each casino proposal. “If I understand it right, the proposed amendment would leave out the professionals at city planning, too, which is nuts.” “The community is not at the table,” he said of the CAC process. Hell’s Kitchen resident David Korman railed against the idea via video conference on Wednesday, saying that ULURP was created to “democratize the planning process.”
“You literally are just giving away any opportunity for what has been fought for by city planning, but more importantly, has been fought for by each community.” People gamble inside the Resorts World casino at the Aqueduct Racetrack near JFK Airport, Jan. “Shame on city planning to abdicate everything to the state,” board member Delores Rubin said.
