Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we will find out about a compelling art exhibition on a site that could become a casino. We will also get details about 180 dismissed at Columbia University that were inspired by the cuts of the Trump government to federal research fairs.
One day the gigantic video screens on a six-plus-hectare place near the United Nations can be replaced by gambling tables and final machines. But the deadline for applying for a casino license is away for weeks, so for now the screens are switched on.
Tonight they will start showing a compelling installation called “Path of Liberty: that which unites us. “It looks ahead to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence, which is next year.
Michael Hershman, the Chief Executive of the Soloviev GroupThe real estate company that hopes to build a casino on the site did not want to wait.
“I am disappointed that I no longer see activity planning for events in honor of our birthday,” he said. “I see the planning for the FIFA World Cup, but I don’t see much for our 250th birthday.” And if someone who said he “had always believed that New York City is the center of the universe,” he called a local perspective: “People may not remember, but New York City was the first capital of the United States.” (It was.)
There may be fewer applicants than it had been discussed when state rulers announced the timetable. Last month Vegas Sands, one of the largest casino operators in the world, dropped his offer on a casino on the Nassau Coliseum site on Long Island.
Other potential applicants are Steve Cohen, the owner of the New York Mets, who wants to open a casino in Citi Field in Queens with Hard Rock International; The Hudson Yards Developer -related companies, who have presented a casino The distant west side of Manhattan with Wynn Resorts; SLE Green Realty, who wants to open one in Times Square with Caesars entertainment; and Bally’s Corporation, that there is to build one in the Bronx on a site that was once at home The Trump Golf Left on Ferry Point.
On Wednesday, another bid, for a casino on Coney Island, a step has expressed when the city planning committee approved its application for land use and sent to the city council. Hudson Yards’ offer also awaits action by the council, which has already given Cohen’s application a green light. The Bally’s proposal is still rated by the planning commission.
There will be more regulatory obstacles after the bids arrive. A Community Advisory Committee will be set up for every application to keep public hearings. The location of the five -member gaming facility board of the state supervises the process and will make recommendations to the State Gaming Commission, which will make the final decisions.
Hershman said he had not delivered a campaign contributions to civil servants involved in the selection process – six officials, including Gov. Kathy Hochul and mayor Eric Adams – as some of the other potential applicants have done. A report issued in March by the Stadsklerk office indicated that some of the potential casino operators had spent millions on lobbying.
“Path of Liberty: which which unites us” is endorsed by Soloviev’s charity arm. Hershman said that the idea behind the installation transcended the local pride. “I want to remind people of the freedoms we have here in this country,” he said.
And so he sent a team throughout the country to interview people, looking for stories about “what is good about America and what is wrong.” Videos of the interviews will fill the screens, and the installation is open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. The exhibition was designed by C&G Partners and directed by the filmmaker Daniella Vale.
The artist Lenny Kravitz will be present for the opening, said Hershman. “Like me, he wants to have a civil conversation about values without creating enemies,” said Hershman. “Too many people talk past each other -” If you don’t agree with me, you are an enemy. “His philosophy is similar to mine, inclusion. “Hershman said he met Kravitz a few years ago after a concert, and that when he asked if Kravitz would” do something like that, his answer was, “Hell, yes.”
Weather
Expect partly sunny skies with a high in the mid -70s. In the evening there will be rain with incidental rain showers and a low of 57 degrees.
Alternative
In fact until 26 May (Memorial Day).
The latest New York -News
In the midst of Trump’s action against Columbia, nearly 180 employees are fired
“We understand that this news will be difficult,” wrote Claire Shipman, acting president of Columbia University, as the effects of the cuts of the Trump government to Columbia were deeper.
Shipman said that Almost 180 employees were fired. Their salaries were covered by federal research fairs. Columbia had paid them temporarily because departments developed plans to withstand the cuts. Shipman also said that Columbia was looking for other sources of financing.
A Trump administration Anti -Semitism Task Force in March Short $ 400 million in financing At the university because of what it said was that Columbia failed to protect Jewish students against intimidation, and demanded that Columbia makes changes to how it functions. Columbia met a first round of requirements; Shipman said on Tuesday in a note that the university continued to negotiate for the return of the subsidies.
On Wednesday afternoon, Pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupy part of the main library in Columbia In a clear attempt to make the protest movement last spring again. The apartheid of Columbia University Divest, a protest movement on the campus, said in a substitue post that it “wanted to show that as long as Columbia finances funds and profit through imperialist violence, people will continue to disturb the profit and legitimacy of Columbia.”
Towards the evening, Shipman had authorized the police to enter the campus. The demonstrators in the library refused to identify and spread, she said in a statement, and a large crowd of people outside created a safety risk. Shortly after the police arrived, around 30 demonstrators were accompanied by the building and loaded into rioting officers in police buses.
Metropolis
Like diamonds
Best diary:
In 1954, when I was 11, I traveled from Washington, DC to New York City to visit my camp friend, Judy for a week.
Exciting my parents let me travel alone on the train. It was part of a planned ‘historical adventure’. Another component only came back by plane.
Judy’s widower father met me in Grand Central. I was waiting for him near the lost and established window. I remember looking up at the Sky mural on the ceiling and felt at home in the universe.
Judy lived in a huge, old-fashioned apartment opposite Central Park, with maybe 12-foot ceilings and long windows hung with dark red velvet curtains. She had cats and an older brother who played the violin.
Her father seemed old to me. He also seemed confident, that is probably the reason why my parents trusted him to host me.
He took us to museums and the public library and only let us explore through the metro. The family had received tickets for “Peter Pan” on Broadway, with Mary Martin as Peter.
A large storm with hard winds is set out on the day of the show. I was afraid we would miss the show, but Judy’s father was not put off.
We then walked and ran together to the theater in the rain, without umbrellas. As we did, wind gusts shatter a window above us and glasses showered at our heads as diamonds.
The piece was magical and the characters flew on wires. The next day I flew home at American Airlines. It was a very bumpy ride.
– Ruth Henderson
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