Ellenville, NY – The Wawarsing Town Board is squarely behind developing casino gambling in the soon-to-be revived Nevele Hotel.
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The town board voted Thursday night to support the state legislation that would allow casino gaming in New York. The local board added that it supports casino gaming in Ulster County and that any such facility should be located in Wawarsing.
Town Councilman John Gavaris said the developers of the Nevele want to retain the name and image of the hotel with its skiing and hiking trails, but also wants to add the casino, which he said would be a “lifeline” for the economy of the area with its projected 2,000 direct jobs and 3,000 indirect jobs.
I remember summers at the Nevele when I grew up in NYC 40 years ago. It was among the top borscht belt destinations for the “upper end” heimeshe families who didn’t do the bungalow colony gig. It will be nice to see it reincarnated as a casino which can provide frum bochurim who live in Sullivan county with some entry level job opportunities and also offer some entertainment for tourists on motzi shabbos during the summers (whereas today the only thing to do after havdalah is go to the kosher pizzeriza).
It will invite the low class people to elenville.
How appropriate – to participate in the aveirah of mesachek b’kuvyah at a place called the neveilah!
To. Number one would you want your son to work in such environment I know I wouldn’t nor would any frum person
If this goes thru, Ulster County has one upped Sullivan County.
This would be a great addition to the landscape of the Catskills were the yingerleit can hold a job and earn a few dollars during the summer months.