Nixon underscored that herself this week in her two - minute campaign announcement video on Twitter, mentioning such issues as crumbling infrastructure, income inequality and sagging upstate economies, but not a word about gay rights.
The announcement comes nearly three years after Governor Andrew Cuomo made gambling a centerpiece of his economic development agenda, hailing casinos in January 2012 as a way to help revitalize the saggingeconomy in upstate New York.