You saw this act with the referendum, the owner of Newsday, and his media reach got out the no vote for weeks with tons of negative articles, then when it was clear the 2011 referendum would fail the late tepid endorsement came, simply saying the process should continue, and to vote yes.
It's different now, Dolan showed his true colors, and bid for the Coliseum and lost to Ratner.
Msg made clear they are watching very closely at the time and Dolan's rep on Coliseum bid, Hank Ratner (no relation to Bruce) is gone from Msg. I cannot write Dolan would jump right back in if Bruce Ratner walked from the project which he can do at any time before the ground breaking, however it's very possible.