Sentences with phrase «new gambling centers»

Cuomo seemed to distance himself from the state's plan to permit four new gambling casinos in New York over the next few months, saying the decision to build new gambling centers lies with the private companies.

The casino measure would allow four new gambling centers upstate, if New Yorkers vote yes on a referendum in the fall to amend the state's constitution.

Governor Cuomo seemed to distance himself from the state's plan to permit four new gambling casinos in New York over the next few months, saying the decision to build new gambling centers lies with the private companies.

The negative news comes as the state is considering authorizing four new gambling centers in the next few months.

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With New Jersey at the center of the Supreme Court's ruling, gambling hubs such as Atlantic City and Monmouth Park racetrack are expected to be operational within the next few weeks.

His proposals on education, casino gambling and the construction of the country's largest convention center in Queens are a bold departure from the uninspired and timid governance that has been stifling New York for the last decade.

The casino legislation offers new details, like the rates of taxation for the gambling centers, which would be set at 25 % of profits, and lays out how the revenues would be distributed to state and local governments.

The new provision would open competition for more video slots centers to gambling operators beyond the racetrack operators.

In January, Cuomo's spokesman told the New York Post that Genting's convention center plans weren't contingent upon its attaining casino gambling rights.

A new tax revenue generating project the governor is proposing is the construction of a convention center and gambling casino at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens.

Earlier this week, Governor Cuomo said talks between Genting and his administration over the Queens convention center had broken down, and he would now wait until expanded gambling is actually legalized in New York State, then take open bids to operate casinos and build convention centers.

The New York Times first reported that the gambling conglomerate Genting donated over $ 2 million dollars to the Committee, just weeks before Cuomo made Genting's plan to build a casino and convention center in Queens the centerpiece of his State of the State plan.

The hearing comes two days after the New York Times reported that a lobby group closely associated with Governor Cuomo, the Committee to Save New York, had received over $ 2 million dollars from the gambling corporation Genting, just weeks before Cuomo made a Genting convention center project the centerpiece of his State of the State message.

In addition to the convention center plan, the Governor introduced a range of policy proposals building on his legislative success in 2011, including the creation of a new pension tier for new state employees and an expected push to legalize gambling in the state.

-LSB-...] said the $ 4 billion convention center it intends to build is «not predicated» on New York legalizing gambling, the firm would only commit to constructing the 2.6 million - square - foot first phase of the project -LSB-...]

The hearing comes two days after the New York Times reported that a lobby group closely associated with Governor Cuomo, the Committee to Save New York, had received over $ 2 million from the gambling corporation Genting, just weeks before Cuomo made a Genting convention center project the centerpiece of his State of the State message.

General partner Eliot Spitzer (not the former New York governor) described the proposed 130,000 - square - foot hotel and conference center — which would be called the Granit at Hudson Valley Resort, a nod to the operation's former Granit name — as «Plan A» and said it would include 60,000 square feet for casino gambling.

The Times reported last week that Genting, a Malaysian gambling company that had worked with Mr. Cuomo on a plan to build a convention center and casino at the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens, gave $ 400,000 to the group in 2011, and that the New York Gaming Association, a trade group founded by Genting and other companies, donated the $ 2 million in December.

At the same time that he proposes the convention center project, Cuomo is also seeking to amend the state's constitution to fully legalize gambling in New York.

Genting backed out of the convention - center project after the state refused to commit to its holding an exclusive gaming license in the New York City area if casino gambling is legalized.

Queens County About Blog The Queens Center for Excellence (QCFE) is a program of the New York Council on Problem Gambling.

They were about to move into a new multibillion - dollar world that had virtually no regulation — a burgeoning Wild West of gambling centered on a game they'd spent countless hours playing online, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Queens County About Blog The Queens Center for Excellence (QCFE) is a program of the New York Council on Problem Gambling.