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Heated exchange between Uri Clinton of MGM and Senator Tim Larson during a public hearing Thursday on the casino expansion bills before the legislature's public safety and security committee
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As promised, the New York Public Interest Research Group has submitted an amicus (friend of the court) brief in support of the lawsuit that challenges the wording of the ballot proposal on casino expansion that voters will be asked to decide on Election Day next month.
Connecticut has concluded its 2018 legislative session without passing closely - watched bills on casino expansion and sports betting, although advocates are already preparing to return next year.
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Pechanga Resort and Casino finalizes its $ 285 million expansion this spring, with an exciting new lobby, additional meeting space, an entire 568 room wing of AAA Four - Diamond rooms and suites, luxury 25,000 square foot spa and additional 4 1/2 acre pool complex with lagoon, swim - up bar and waterslides, doubling down on the already award - winning resort.
His time with Hard Rock Hotel and Casino completely revolutionized brand marketing resulting in major expansions on property drastically increasing profits.
Now comes yet another issue on which DiNapoli disagrees with Cuomo: The expansion of non-Indian casino gambling.
When it comings to casino gambling, New Yorkers remain evenly divided at 46 - 46, down from 49 - 42 last month, on whether to allow the expansion of non-Indian run gaming facilities across the state.
After years of planning and community discussion, the Saratoga Casino and Raceway has broken ground on a hotel expansion that officials say will help the destination stay competitive and create hundreds of jobs.
The room was seemingly split down the middle, red shirts on one side, white on the other — the colors associated with groups against and for casino expansion at the Saratoga Casino and Racasino expansion at the Saratoga Casino and RaCasino and Raceway.
Spokesman John Conklin says the commissioners also decided that the casino gambling expansion referendum should be the first one of six proposals that voters will see on the November ballot.
On May 14, the New York State Gaming Commission sent a letter to all «interested and involved» parties requesting each agency detail their «potential jurisdiction» and include any issues that should be considered in the state's environmental quality review act process, or SEQRA, of the proposed expansion at Saratoga Casino and Raceway.
The expansion comes at a time the state is also betting big on casinos.
In the Capital Region, the operators of Saratoga Gaming and Raceway are moving forward with a proposed hotel expansion after losing out on full - size casino bids in the Capital Region and Hudson Valley.
Seneca President Robert Porter, who spoke on the same panel as the senator, said attempts to resolve differences with the state are headed for binding arbitration, the results of which will have a bearing on the proposed casino expansion.
Bridgeport mayor Joe Ganim testifies at a hearing at the Legislative Office Building on a proposed casino expansion bill that would scrap authorization for a casino in East Windsor and establish an open competition.
Mike Fernandez, a billionaire businessman and top Republican donor, is expressing his disappointment in the House and Senate's decision to «advance and dump» casino expansion efforts on South Florida.
The non-binding resolution concludes that if New Jersey voters approve a casino expansion in November, New York lawmakers will ask Gov. Andrew Cuomo to direct the New York State Gaming Commission to perform a market study of the potential impact the New Jersey casinos may have on the state and its existing casino licensees.
New Yorkers will not vote on whether to expand casino gambling for at least five months and it's still not clear where casinos would go if voters approve expansion.
The poll in question found 76 percent of voters felt the lack of transparency surrounding major policy deals on pension reform, redistricting, expansion of casino gambling and the DNA database was a «very serious» or «somewhat serious» problem.
The governor also reiterated that he would make his position on the expansion of casino gambling in New York known in January (when the new session and budget season both start), but added that regions shouldn't include gaming as forgone conclusion in their job creating plans.
But the group has paid for a TV ad featuring former Gov. Mario Cuomo's own opposition to casino expansion in 1994 (Jobs Now rushed out a statement from Cuomo the elder that disavowed his past stance) that is airing on cable TV.
Twenty - nine percent believe casino expansion will have little real impact on the area.
Cuomo's administration has been active in providing statistics on what casino expansion would mean for the state's economy: • An estimated 6,700 construction jobs • An estimated 2,900 permanent jobs tied to casinos • Nearly $ 200 million in aid to local governments • $ 240 million for schools and property tax relief
The New York Gaming Association, which believes Gov. Andrew Cuomo's casino expansion proposal would put its members at a competitive disadvantage, has commissioned a poll that finds voters aren't big on the governor's Plan B if the Legislature fails to pass his gaming bill: Expand VLTs across the state, including in New York City's outer boroughs.
The Senate also voted for the first time to legalize gambling on online poker in the state, a historic expansion of gambling, passing a bill 53 to 5 to allow the state's 11 racetrack casinos to apply for 11 licenses to hold online poker games.
A reader forwarded this fascinating mailer being sent out by Elliott Auerbach, a Democrat who is seeking re-election to his post as Ulster County comptroller on Nov. 5, that prominently features both an endorsement from Gov. Andrew Cuomo on one side AND a plug for the casino expansion amendment, Prop. 1, on the other.
Today, New York Jobs Now headed to Rochester, with Assemblyman Joe Morelle leading a news conference on the benefits of casino expansion.
A strong majority of New Yorkers, meanwhile, are ready to make a bet on casino gaming expansion.
The same goes for a constitutional amendment that would allow expansion on non-Indian run casino gambling in New York.
ICYMI: Here is the final installment of our three - part series on the expansion of casino gambling, New York's Big Bet.
The argument for the casino expansion from the administration continued on Wednesday, when the state Division of Budget released an analysis showing that $ 430 million in revenue would be reaped from the construction of four casinos in the first phase.
Cuomo himself was in Broome County on Tuesday to announce the expansion of a marketing company in the area — good economic development news for a region that was initially denied a casino license and has been debating the contentious hydrofracking issue for natural gas drilling.
-- The agreement does not depend on whether the state Legislature and voters approve an expansion of private casino gambling in New York.
By early evening, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders had reached a deal on a number of issues including a redistricting plan, expansion of the state's DNA data base, pension reform, and a constitutional amendment to allow up to seven new gambling casinos in New York.
Subcontractors hoping to find work on the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino expansion are expected to have bids submitted to the project team by Monday afternoon.
«As a committed partner to New York, we will now double down on our efforts to further grow Resorts World Casino New York City and generate even more tax revenue for New York State while we pursue future expansion opportunities throughout the United States.»
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has since proposed an expansion in the number of high - stakes casinos on non-Indian land in the state.
Joe Logan (Brandon Routh), the son of the chief of the fictional Sunaquat tribe and onetime lacrosse star, manages the casino on the tribe's land; at his boss's insistence, Joe wins the tribal council's approval for an expansion, over the objections of his father, Ben (Gil Birmingham).
Atlantic City, which relies mostly on low - rolling day trippers, has been crushed in recent years by the expansion of gambling in neighboring states and many of the city's casinos have shuttered.