Sentences with phrase «casino amendment»

The community conversation hosted by Saratoga Wire included a panel of experts featuring local elected officials, members of the business community, and those in favor and against New York's proposed casino amendment.

«Clearly, the wording on the ballot for the casino amendment matters,» Siena pollster Steve Greenberg concluded.

The Glens Falls Post-Star takes Cuomo to task for using messages of necessity to get the casino amendment passed by the Legislature.

Right now, no one is taking credit for the wording of the casino amendment proposal.

While Cuomo himself has been relatively quiet on the casino amendment, his top cabinet members are coordinating a «robust campaign» to convince voters to approve it on Nov. 5.

The NYT opines on the casino amendment wording, urging a judge to rule that it should be restored to the more neutral language originally approved by the attorney general's office.

The casino amendment on the ballot says that it would «allow the Legislature to authorize up to seven casinos in New York State for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.»

«Clearly, the wording on the ballot for the casino amendment matters,» said Siena pollster Steven Greenberg.

Even though the State Board of Elections did not make public the new wording of the casino amendment until three weeks after they voted on it, Snyder still waited another month before he filed his claim.

Cuomo said the current effort to get voters on board with the casino amendment is different than his push on the legislative front, where lawmakers had to adopt the amendment in two different sessions of the Legislature and then pass enabling legislation.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a main backer of the casino amendment, told reporters this week he is «linked» to the amendment.

The Ferrer robocall dovetails with a similar call from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the originator of the casino amendment, who appears in a similar call.

The move would dovetail with the AFL - CIO conducting its own internal member - to - member effort backing the casino amendment.

The casino amendment is one of six constitutional changes New Yorkers will consider on Tuesday.

A fascinating press release landed in our inbox bright and early this morning, announcing Republican Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and his Democratic opponent, former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi, plan to declare a truce in their increasingly nasty re-match today to unite (albeit briefly) behind the governor's casino amendment.

Earlier in the day, the New York Public Interest Research Group urged reporters to include more neutral - sounding language on the casino amendment and use a more critical eye when reporting on the topic.

«Attn NYT: Md casinos recruit for jobs paying 44 - 55K... apparently NYT editors think those jobs beneath them so no one else should have,» wrote Glaser, who is Cuomo's point man for the casino amendment.

Jewish community weeklikes Der Yid and Der Blatt, along with Di Tzeitung, have written articles critical of the casino amendment.

Still, supporters of the casino amendment aren't necessarily leaving anything to chance with the measure passing.

At the same time, gambling opponents pointed to the wording of the casino amendment that highlighted the potential benefits of gambling, including an increase in economic development and school aid as a sign the administration was trying to sway voters with non-neutral language (an effort to halt the amendment as it appears on the ballot was thwarted by a state judge this month).

The developers are still willing to pony up the $ 1 million license fee if the casino amendment could spell major revenue for cash - strapped regions of the state.

But another group making a strikingly similar argument for the casino amendment is All In For Jobs, a labor - backed entity that references casinos and gambling even less than New York Jobs Now.

Addressing the governor's Women's Equality Agenda came in a distant second at 21 percent, with more than twice as much support from women as from men, followed by public campaign financing at 15 percent and the casino amendment at 13 percent.

A group called Citizens for NYS Gaming, Inc., has also signed on to advocate for the casino amendment, according to this BOE filing.

The mailer is not dissimilar to the television ads airing downstate right now, promoting the approval of the casino amendment as one that will bring more aid to schools and create more jobs while also lowering property taxes.

Regardless of whether the casino amendment fails or succeeds, two VLT parlors are coming to Long Island.

Any casino amendment would be bitterly opposed by Indian nations, who have derived millions of dollars in revenue from the operation of the gaming facilities in the last several decades.

Tonight we will air part two of our series on the casino amendment, which will take a look at the campaign to promote the amendment and who is behind it.

The Business Council is part of an overall coalition called New York Jobs Now that has been holding news conferences around the state pushing the casino amendment.

All in all, the pro-casino campaign is huing rather closely to the ballot language voters will have before them next week: Namely that the casino amendment will create jobs, lower property taxes and provide for school aid, a contention that opponents say is wrong and good - government groups cringe at.

The money from casino and gambling interests is coming to the forefront as a new political action committee of business leaders, unions and politicians begins a push for the casino amendment.

The casino amendment was approved with 1.4 million votes, but the county - by - county numbers tell a somewhatever more nuanced story.

Matthew Veitch, a Republican member of the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors and head of the Racing Committee, said the county will not take an official position on the casino amendment until after New York voters decide.

Locals looking to usher in Las Vegas - style luster initially failed to get a casino amendment to the state Constitution through the Legislature.

If approved by voters Nov. 5th, the casino amendment would allow up to four casinos in the Catskills, Southern Tier, and Capital Region areas.

The NYT OpEds against Cuomo's casino amendment, saying he has failed to make the case that non-Indian run gaming facilities will indeed improve the upstate economy, producing jobs and steady revenue.

At 10 a.m., Sen. David Valesky, Assemblyman Samuel Roberts and regional elected, business and labor leaders will participate in a NY Jobs Now event calling on New Yorkers to vote «yes» on Prop. 1 (the casino amendment), Holiday Inn — Liverpool, 441 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool.

Vote «NO» to the casino amendment.

In contrast to the casino amendment, the governor stayed out of the campaign to let some state judges remain on the bench until the age of 80.

Even though the state Board of Elections did not make the new wording of the casino amendment public until three weeks after they voted on it, Snyder still waited another month before filing his claim.

More than 57 percent of Saratoga Springs voters voted against last November's casino amendment.