Sentences with phrase «york gaming laws»
The Sabres were among the lead advocates seeking to change New York gaming laws, and the drive worked.
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Under state law, the New York State Gaming Commission is the only agency with the authority to approve or deny plans to build the casino.
Lee Park, a spokesman for the Gaming Commission, said that it had received no inquiries from the attorney general's office, but that the casino siting process «strictly followed the provisions of the Upstate New York Gaming Economic Development Act,» the 2013 law ratified by voters that allows up to seven new casinos to be licensed in New York.
The law firm is headed by James Featherstonhaugh, the head of the New York State Gaming Association, who has two bids to build casino resorts in the Albany area and the Catskills.
«This new law will bring the state one step closer to establishing world - class destination gaming resorts that will attract tourists to Upstate New York and support thousands of good paying jobs as well as new revenue for local businesses.
NEWBURGH >> City of Newburgh Mayor Judy Kennedy and town of Newburgh Supervisor Gil Piaquadio have invited members of the New York State Gaming Facility Location Board to see firsthand what the elected officials say is a site that fits the economic revitalization intent of the casino law.
ALBANY — State officials face a major challenge in deciding whether to allow casinos in economically struggling parts of the Catskills or in relatively affluent Orange County, closer to New York City, Gaming Facilities Location Board member Kevin Law said.
«I am sympathetic to the economic struggles of this region,» said Kevin Law, the head of the New York Gaming Commission's Gaming Facility Location Board, a volunteer panel charged with recommending casino plans for licensing.
«What the Seneca Nation wants and expects is that current state law carving out an area of exclusive gaming operations for the Nation is fully retained in Western New York.