Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said he will continue to oppose efforts by the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe to build a $560 million casino on the city's riverfront despite a State Supreme Court ruling taking away the city's zoning jurisdiction for the property.

"It is clear - I want to be very direct about this - it is clear that the tribe's proposed Foxwood Casino site is wrong for Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," Nutter told City Council in a Friday hearing on zoning for the casino, to be built at Columbus Boulevard and Reed Street.

The court had "snatched out this council's will and ability and political responsibility," he complained.

Councilman Bill Greenlee wondered what more could be done after the Supreme Court ruling that the council had wrongfully stalled casino zoning approval.

"The decision is the decision," Greenlee told the Philadelphia Daily News. "Where do we go from here?"

Nutter said that his staff was exploring options and that there are "many miles to go" before the issue is over.

The Supreme Court ruling mirrors a December ruling that forced the city's hand on zoning for SugarHouse, a proposed riverfront casino in Fishtown.

The casino is expected to cost the municipal police department $18 million in start-up costs for a new 168-officer unit to patrol the neighborhood. The unit would cost about $12.8 million a year to run after the first year.

Foxwoods attorney Carl Primavera, attorney law enforcement costs would be covered by state and local taxes generated by the facility. The tribe had inked a development agreement with the previous mayor.

"We want to be seen as a positive and cooperative partner as we move forward," he said. "We worked long and hard on a development agreement to make sure that the city got the best possible deal that it could. I don't think there is any legitimate basis to . . . ignore what's been a year's worth of work in coming up with that agreement."

City spokesman Doug Oliver said only the first phase of the project - a 3,000-slot machine casino and parking lot - has been approved.

"At this point we are going to review the Supreme Court decision," Oliver told the Daily News, "then make a decision as to what would be an appropriate next move for the city."

--Staff reports