Kristy Marmorato’s City Council win could hurt Bronx casino bid
A rare Republican win in a City Council race in the east Bronx comes as a bad beat for developers hoping to build a casino at Ferry Point.
Kristy Marmorato, a 45-year-old Republican who broke a four-decade drought for her party in Council races in the Bronx, has said she opposes the bid by the Bally’s casino chain to put a casino in her district.
Her stance is important because bidders in a state-run sweepstakes for downstate casino licenses must secure majority buy-in from six-member panels that each include a representative from the local Council member.
The current Council representative for the district, Marjorie Velázquez, a Democrat, has been supportive of the casino plan. In September, she said she looked “very favorably” on the bid.
But Marmorato, who beat Velázquez on Tuesday aft...