Councilman David Greenfield speaking in opposition to a proposed casino in Coney Island at a meeting of the Sephardic Community Federation.

Sam Sutton and Ronald Tawil express their opposition to the proposed Coney Island casino to NYS Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and NYC Councilman Eric Ulrich

Calling it a "regressive tax plan" and saying that "Gambling has not been shown to help the neighborhoods where they’re built and is just a way to separate people from their money,” Mayor Bloomberg has repeatedly expressed his opposition to the idea of opening a casino in Coney Island.

Artist rendering of a possibly new and improved future Coney Island with a year round amusement park, new residential developments and more importantly no casino.