Sentences with phrase «former racino»
The new casinos authorized under the plan are del Lago, Rivers Casino Resort in Schenectady and Tioga Downs, a former racino that converted to a full casino in December 2016.
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A bombshell IG report released in October 2010 found Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson, former Senate President Malcolm Smith and Sen. Eric Adams might have violated the Public Officers Law in «unduly conferring benefits or favoritism and acting in violation of their public trust» when awarding the politically connected AEG the Aqueduct racino cotnract.
That line about racinos circumventing the state constitution could be read as a thinly veiled poke at the man who defeated Mario Cuomo in 1994, former Republican Gov. George Pataki.
Former Congressman Rev. Floyd Flake, an investor in Aqueduct Entertainment Group and the leader of a publicly - subsidized housing empire in Queens, is coming under close scrutiny as a federal probe into the selection the new Aqueduct racino operator gets underway.
The final legislation renames the Tappan Zee Bridge after former Gov. Mario Cuomo; provides a financial incentive package to entice Vernon Downs racino and harness track to remain open; offers $ 55 million in relief for Lake Ontario communities ravaged by flooding; tweaks a law to allow New York City first responders to receive an accidental disability pensions even if they don't receive a federal Social Security disability pension; and creates a 250 - acre forest land bank to allow for certain public utility projects under a constitutional amendment.
He was previously a member of Aqueduct Entertainment Group, which got selected to run the racino by former Gov. David Paterson.