Sentences with phrase «york exclusivity zone»

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The bill backed by the Legislature and signed by Cuomo turned the casino construction to upstate New York, setting up exclusivity zones for the Indian - run gambling halls and placing an emphasis on building north of the metropolitan area.

If Las Vegas style casinos come to New York, it will be in no small part because of a series of complex deals struck by Governor Andrew Cuomo with the state's Indian tribes that shared revenue from their own casinos and created exclusivity zones around their lands.

Bonacic, an Orange County Republican, said in a statement that he was pleased to see the state strike a deal with the Seneca Nation of Indians that moved its western New York territory into an exclusivity zone in exchange for resolving an ongoing dispute over payments to the state.

Twenty - two entities submitted a $ 1 million filing fee by Wednesday's midnight deadline to gain the rights to build a casino in one of three commercial exclusivity zones north of New York City.

That's Oneida Indian Nation Representative Ray Halbritter in May touting his agreement with the state, which sets aside the Central New York region as an exclusivity zone so a commercial casino won't compete with Turning Stone Resort, which the tribe operates.

The report comes as the Senecas lobby diligently against any proposal that would expand casino gambling into their so - called exclusivity zone that encompasses western New York.

The Seneca nation has a zone of exclusivity in Western New York, but they have not paid about $ 500 million in required state payments.

Though he said Cuomo acknowledged the «economic benefits to New York State of Indian - owned casinos» and that the Senecas had no «quarrel» with possible casinos in othe regions of the state, Porter cautioned «the state must not kill the golden goose that supports the Western New York economy and must recognize our exclusivity zone.»