Sentences with phrase «county about casinos»
The developers say the possibility of a casino in neighboring Orange County would dilute the market and they echoed concerns in Sullivan County about casinos closer to New York City siphoning business.
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It's been about nine months since New York's three winners in the casino race were announced — for resorts in Schenectady, Seneca, and Sullivan counties.
Holmquist noted that in Oneida County - which gets about $ 12.5 million a year from Turning Stone — officials are beginning to sound the alarm about losing revenue if the new casino is built in Seneca County.
Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy talked about the gaming program at Schenectady County Community College and the casino complementing the theater work at Proctors.
He supports legalization of casinos, but has some reservations about the potential down sides of bringing such an operation to the area and favors oversight at the county level to mitigate such negative effects.
Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente Jr. said the Oneida Indian Nation officials previously talked with him about wanting to expand in the region, so he took a chance and approached them about building a casino in Utica.
The Nevele's casino proposal is the only one in Ulster County; there are about a half dozen proposals for casinos in Orange and Sullivan counties.
That compact guarantees the county about $ 2.5 million a year in return for giving the Oneidas exclusive casino rights in a nine - county area of Central New York.
The Greentrack casino proposal is one of about dozen in the state - designated Hudson Valley - Catskils region, which comprises Orange, Ulster and Sullivan counties.
The county should get its money, and the local community can stop agitating about a casino.
The Nevele proposal is one of about a dozen from developers who want to create casinos in the Hudson Valley - Catskills region, which includes Ulster, Sullivan and Orange counties.
Legislature Chairman Ryan McMahon says unions approached the county about the issue, noting that if a casino is built in Tyre, as opposed to the Southern Tier, then 60 percent of the jobs would come from Onondaga Ccounty about the issue, noting that if a casino is built in Tyre, as opposed to the Southern Tier, then 60 percent of the jobs would come from Onondaga CountyCounty.
Ronk, R - Wallkill, said he thought Ulster County's chances of scoring a casino license were hurt by «the level of apprehension everyone has about flooding the market after seeing what's happening in Atlantic City,» where some once - popular casinos have closed.
Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus, who attended a Thursday evening presentation about the project, said casino applicants in his county are at the top of the indCounty Executive Steven Neuhaus, who attended a Thursday evening presentation about the project, said casino applicants in his county are at the top of the indcounty are at the top of the industry.
Medenica scoffed at concerns about the Shinnecock opening a casino a Belmont Park in Nassau County «We don't see anything rising at Belmont soon, if ever,» he said.
WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain about a Montgomery County Town giving its endorsement of a proposed casino in the region and the construction of a new Tappan Zee bridge over New York's Hudson River.
A full - scale casino - resort in Orange County would almost certainly sink any chances of establishing one farther north in Sullivan or Ulster County; those counties are also home to potential sites but are about 90 miles from Manhattan.
Tenney has openly feuded with the Oneida Indian Nation, and opposed a 2013 gaming deal in which the Oneidas agreed to give 25 percent of their gaming machine revenue to the state (about $ 50 million per year) in exchange for exclusive rights to run casinos in a 10 - county area of Central New York.
When smoking was banned from casinos in Colorado, ambulance calls to casinos in Gilpin County dropped about 20 percent, according to research reported in the American Heart Association journal Circulation.