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Casino Gaming
6:15 pm
Wed June 5, 2013

Cuomo releases casino bill

Governor Cuomo released a bill to authorize three new gambling casinos in upstate New York, if the legislature agrees to his plan and overs approve it in the fall.
 
Governor Cuomo has been pushing the plan for upstate casinos as an economic development tool for several months now. The constitutional amendment needed, which has already received partial passage, calls for 7 casinos. Cuomo wants just three destination gambling centers for now.
 

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Casino Gaming
3:29 pm
Thu May 9, 2013

Cuomo details casino plans

Governor Cuomo outlined the details of his plan to site three gambling casinos upstate.
 
Cuomo, joined by union and business leaders, and representatives from county governments, offered more details of a plan to build three new gambling casinos. Cuomo says he wants to limit the locations to upstate regions for now, to prop up the failing economy.  The governor says upstate needs jobs like it needs “oxygen.” And he says having a downstate location would devalue the upstate centers.
 

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