New York – Bill Calls For 3 Las Vegas-Style Casinos In The Catskills, 2 In Sullivan County

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    A card dealer at a casino. (AP File Photo)New York – Senate Republicans are proposing five Las Vegas-style casinos including up to three in the Catskills with two video slot machine sites on Long Island.

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    The bill released Thursday also calls for a casino in the Southern Tier’s Tioga County, one near Albany, and one in Westchester County or Queens.

    The bill sponsored by Sen. John Bonacic (BAH’-nah-chek) calls for two video slot machine casinos run by off-track betting agencies in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

    The bill would also study authorizing more casinos limited to video slot machines and electronic table games elsewhere in the state. Currently, they are legal only at horse racing tracks and aren’t run by OTBs.

    The proposal is part of closed-door casino negotiations talks.

    Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing to start expansion with three casinos upstate.


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    10 years ago

    There going to build one in Coney Island, who needs to shlep to the Catskills!

    10 years ago

    Shame on the Governer

    10 years ago

    Yiddishe gelt will be down the drain

    Brooklynhocker
    Brooklynhocker
    10 years ago

    You can’t even argue this case anymore -everytime I’m in Vegas or Alantic City there are Yiddin with baseball caps.

    10 years ago

    Finding your way in the world is always hard. Always a good idea to stop at the casino and lose the money you could spend on books right? After all, a smart jew is a guy with a roll call right?

    10 years ago

    I’ve been saying for years that such proposals would be a great addition to the region and provide badly needed entry level job opportunties for frum bochurim and girls with limited job skills as well as providing some good recreational opportunities for the summer when there is no where to go motzi shabbos other than two mediocre pizza places and the Walmart.

    charliehall
    charliehall
    10 years ago

    This is a shanda! Casinos are a plague!!!

    And unfortunately the Republicans have bought into it, so they aren’t likely to give Cuomo a serious challenge to his re-election.