Sentences with phrase «aqueduct which»

Day 3 - Huayrapunku / Cachiqata Quarry: We trek westward, gradually descending the high valley, to the headworks of a now - abandoned Inca aqueduct which transported water from the Chancachuco valley north to supply the otherwise - arid north - facing slopes above Ollantaytambo.

Continue to Segovia for a city tour, passing the Roman aqueduct which dominates the area and finishing at the Alcázar castle.

A good deal of the audit focused on a new simulcast center and sports bar going in at Aqueduct which has suffered cost overruns.

Anderson can't help but turn the open - air, urban setting into yet another deathtrap tunnel system, and CGI aerial shots dot Pompeii's opening stretch, showing the complex grid of roads, narrow streets, and aqueducts which make up a Roman city — and through which, of course, the characters will eventually have to escape.

Not exact matches

There is even a canal system that crosses from England into the Welsh mountains, complete with the towering Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, which allows canal boats to traverse the Dee valley.

The isrealites were taxed by the romans for the services the roman probided such as roads, aqueducts, etc. which is the same taxation we have today.

Gulch had also won in the mud as a 2 - year - old, which loomed as an edge on the sloppy Aqueduct strip on Saturday.

The first hit came from The Post, which reported the IG's investigators believe Sampson leaked an internal memo to the politically connected AEG, assisting the firm in landing the first Aqueduct racino contract.

Newburgh now draws water from the Catskill Aqueduct for which the state is picking up the tab.

And following a recent agreement between Genting Group, the parent company of Resorts World New York, which is located on Aqueduct grounds, and Nassau County Off - Track Betting, the casino is set to get 1,000 new video lottery terminals, bringing the facility's gaming capacity to approximately 6,000 VLTs.

Belmont has about 90 days of racing in the spring, summer and fall, and Aqueduct, 99 days in the winter and fall, according to the New York Racing Association, which operates both tracks.

Weeks later, Gov. Paterson picked the company, which boasted influential Queens pastor and former Congressman Floyd Flake as an investor, for the multibillion - dollar casino deal at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Importantly, the new agreement would be binding only upon the new VLT terminal revenue which would be granted to the Aqueduct facility; while the terms and conditions of our original agreement remain in place.

The State Gaming Commission has approved a deal between Nassau Regional Off - Track Betting Corp. and Genting New York LLC, which operates Resorts World Casino at Aqueduct, providing the county with $ 26 million in revenue over the next three years, officials said.

During his 2012 State of the State address, Cuomo proposed building a 3.8 million square foot convention center complete with hotel rooms and a casino in at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, which would replace Javits and finally put New York ahead of the convention center competition.

Cuomo also criticized an editorial in Dicker's newspaper today which questioned the governor's proposal to build a convention center and casino at Aqueduct.

The city now draws water from the Catskill Aqueduct for which the state is picking up the tab.

If New York went ahead with its casino development in New York City, that, too, could have major consequences for Aqueduct and Yonkers, which get tens of millions of dollars each year from VLTs for operating funds and purses for horsemen.

Shimkus said he would only be satisfied if the plan, which was not made publicly available Tuesday, included the re-privatization of NYRA with key stakeholders represented, and if it honored an agreement from 2008 that granted a specific percentage of VLT revenues from Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens to the horse - racing industry.

The casino at Aqueduct is run by Genting Group, which also has a major share in the Montreign project.

Genting Americas, which runs the Aqueduct racetrack casino, praised New York lawmakers for the resolution aimed at New Jersey.

Here's the long - awaited audit of NYRA by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office, which (unsurprisingly) concludes the cash - strapped racing association is going to run into serious problems if the Aqueduct racino contract doesn't materialize.

The upstate casino HTC members aren't likely to get the same deal, which doubled the salaries of Aqueduct workers overnight.

The takeover, which lasts through 2014, came after years of dysfunction and mismanagement at the association, which oversees racing at Saratoga, Belmont and Aqueduct.

Aqueduct Entertainment Group, which emerged late last month as the surprise — and controversial — winner of a drawn - out bidding process to develop the Queens racino, is moving to smooth things over with the public by cutting ties with Darryl Greene, the partner who pleaded guilty to stealing $ 500,000 from city agencies in the 1990s.

The project, which was to have been built by a Malaysian gambling company at the Aqueduct racetrack near Kennedy Airport, was a signature initiative of Mr. Cuomo's and a central thrust of his State of the State address in January.

Groundwater - numerous aquifers and two aqueducts serving New York City, and areas of shallow groundwater where the water table is less than three feet below the pipeline, which could be contaminated by a spill.

Among the highest paying clients - the gambling conglomerate Genting, which wants to expand the Aqueduct race track, and Rudin Management, a major real estate firm.

campaign, for refusing to relinquish state control of the New York Racing Association, which runs Saratoga Race Course, Belmont Park and Aqueduct Race Track.

In 2016, language in the state budget allowed Nassau OTB to transfer its right to host up to 1,000 VLTs at a casino to Genting New York LLC, which operates Resorts World Casino at Aqueduct.

The payment, which county officials said was due March 31, comes from revenue from video slot machines at Aqueduct Racetrack.

The decision is critical locally, because New York Racing Association is slated to get a significant share of Aqueduct racino revenue, much of which would be spent on Saratoga Race Course improvements.

AEC's TRO could derail the Paterson administration's plans to fast - track the Aqueduct racino bidding process, in which only one contender remains.

Some other interesting notes: Genting, which won the contract to operate the Racino at Aqueduct race course in Queens, spent about $ 870,000 in lobbying last year even though they were awarded the contract to install the VLT's in 2010.

Cuomo envisions a «state - of - the - art» facility at Aqueduct Racetrack nearly 20 percent bigger than the 3.1 million square foot McCormick Place convention center in Chicago — which, as it happens, is reported to be running at only 55 percent capacity after a costly expansion of its own.

Also, keep in mind the fact that the selection of the politically - connected AEG during the second round of this Aqueduct mess (the first saw the selection of Delaware North, which couldn't come up with the up - front cash and withdrew) remains under investigation by the US attorney's office and has also attracted the interest of the state Inspector General.

Resorts World Casino, which is operating the Aqueduct's forthcoming racino and wants to bring a full - blown casino to the city, said it would work to try and get Silver to reconsider his opposition.

BEST receives funding from the New York Racing Association, which operates Saratoga Race Course as well as tracks at Belmont and Aqueduct, and the New York Thoroughbred Horseman's Association.

Tabone criticized Braunstein about contributions he accepted, including $ 25,000 from one developer funneled through limited liability companies — which both camps admitted was legal — and large donations from Guardian Life, a company under investigation by the state attorney general's office, and Delaware North, a bidder for the scandal - plagued Aqueduct Race Track racino contract.

A confidential report on the six former Aqueduct race track contract bidders had been released to the New York Times, which sought the document through a Freedom of Information Act request, raising more questions over the legitimacy of Aqueduct Entertainment Group's selection.

He was previously a member of Aqueduct Entertainment Group, which got selected to run the racino by former Gov. David Paterson.

She also said quality - of - life issues surrounding the Aqueduct racino project and repealing the MTA payroll tax, which comes out of payrolls of small businesses in the city, would be on her radar.

A confidential report on the six former Aqueduct race track contract bidders had been released to the New York Times, which sought the document...

The Aqueduct report is subtly damning of Silver, which probably won't hurt his members all that much in Tuesday's election, but the ongoing investigation could weaken Silver and motivate him to deal more readily with Cuomo in hopes of restoring his reputation.

Genting New York LLC, which developed the Resorts World casino at the Aqueduct race track in South Ozone Park, made two contributions to the senator's campaign: $ 3,000 in April and $ 2,300 in July.

According to Torres, Logan pulled him aside to discuss the ongoing issue of securing an adequate water supply for town users when the New York City DEP temporarily shuts down the aqueduct, and thus the village water supply, which some town residents are connected to.

Specifically, Gratz encourages «construction of the Shaft 4 connection, which allows diversion of Delaware system water into the Catskill Aqueduct,» thereby introducing more clear water into the system that has required alum treatment.

Genting, a Malaysia - based international gaming company, operates Aqueduct's highly successful new racino, which features casino - like slot machines that are legally classified as lottery devices.

Smith, representing much of southeastern Queens, was also involved in an embarrassing Aqueduct casino bid - rigging scandal, which remains under investigation by the FBI.

Libya, whose only other water source is the salty Mediterranean, was drawing water off by way of an underground network of pipes and aqueducts known as the Great Man - Made River, which Libyans describe as the eighth wonder of the world.