Rudy Giuliani was the mayor when this commission was enacted. He was definitely against casinos in NYC. If you remember, Rudy became famous as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York when he prosecuted the Mafia. He associated gambling with the Mafia. He also killed the idea of an MGM Grand Casino on Governors Island (NYC harbor, right next to the Statue of Liberty) when the U.S. Coast Guard decommissioned the base there in 1997. That would have been something.