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W42ST on MSNCaesars Palace Times Square Casino Bid Shifts $22.5M Funding From Manhattan Plaza to Serve All of West Side
SL Green, Roc Nation and Caesars Entertainment — has reversed course on a controversial funding plan that would have funneled $22.5 million and 0.5% of profits in perpetuity to a single city block, Manhattan Plaza,
SL Green and its partners on their Times Square casino proposal have dropped their controversial plan to award millions of dollars to a politically influential apartment complex in Hell’s Kitchen, announcing Monday that they will instead shift the funds to a neighborhood nonprofit for more general use.
For months, immigrants and immigrant rights organizations have alleged that the facility at 26 Federal Plaza is overcrowded and unsanitary.