Sentences with phrase «racino bidding»

Sampson was criticized in a state inspector general report for leaking information to a favored operator during the ugly Aqueduct racino bidding process last year.

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

Sen. Eric Adams is concerned about the Aqueduct racino bidding process now that only one contender remains.

State Supreme Court Judge Barry D. Kramer granted Aqueduct Entertainment Company (formerly known as AEG) the temporary restraining order it sought, ordering the state Lottery Division to cease the Aqueduct racino bidding process pending a July 23 hearing on its lawsuit.

Three of the other four Republican party bosses also said that Smith, who was mired in the Aqueduct Racino bidding scandal, also panned his bid, the paper said.

Donovan's camp believed they had a big momentum shift last week, when a news report revealed Schneiderman took advantage of a tax loophole available only to lawmakers that allowed him to deduct nearly 36 percent of his income, and an inspector general's report found that his Democratic Senate colleagues had rigged the $ 300 million Aqueduct racino bid.

Not exact matches

Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson reportedly leaked confidential bidding information to help the politically connected firm that won the first Aqueduct racino contract.

The Shinnecocks haven't bid on the Aqueduct racino and shouldn't «cause concern» for potential bidders, the Paterson administration said.

Last week, Paterson requested new bids for potential operators of a racino at Aqueduct Racetrack, the latest action following his withdrawal of support for Aqueduct Entertainment Group LLC in March amid state and federal investigations into an allegedly corrupt selection process.

Some members of bidding teams that vied for the rights to build and operate an Aqueduct racino are exploring partnerships in the new round of requests for proposals, according to people with ties to the groups.

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.

ALBANY — A state Supreme Court judge has granted the rejected winner in the Aqueduct racino competition a restraining order that halts the new round of bidding in the long - delayed process.

He was referenced in a scathing Inspector General's report into a possible bid - rigging scam involving Senate Democrats during the awarding of the Aqueduct racino in Queens.

It's about as depressed an area as there is and when you had a chance to help these people, with the fracking and the casino, they give them this doubleheader,» said Jeff Gural, owner of Tioga Downs racino, which had bid for a casino license.

Claremont's chairman is Larry Woolf, who was a figure in the bidding process scandal to open a racino at the Queens Aqueduct Racetrack.

Yet so far, the Tioga Downs racino in the town of Nichols, whose proposal failed to win over the board in the first round of bidding, is the only contender.

Governor David Paterson is under siege with a series of swirling controversies... the awarding of bids for the Aqueduct racino, his conversations with a woman who has accused a top aide to the governor of domestic violence, and the cloud over how the governor obtained Yankees» World Series tickets.