THE FIRST STEP HASE BEEN TAKEN
NYS SENATE AND ASSEMBLY PASS CONSTITUIONAL AMENDMENT TO AUTHORIZE CASINO GAMBLING
New York state lawmakers have agreed to legalize public casinos and will amend the state constitution to allow seven new casinos to operate, lawmakers said on Wednesday.
"We will deal with where, when and how next year in legislation," said Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in Albany.
The Bill provides that only SEVEN (7) Casinos will be authorized.
This is the Bill in Full:
http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S6734-2011
Here’s a press release, with happy quotes:
“Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today announced a landmark agreement to begin the process of amending the state constitution to allow casino gaming in New York. Legalized casinos have the potential to create thousands of good-paying jobs while keeping the tourism and revenue that accompany gaming here in New York State.”
New York gambling tribes mistrusftul of Cuomo’s amendment push
the two largest tribal gaming nations in New York, the Senecas and Oneidas, say they have been shut out of the discussion about the future of gambling in New York. Neither nation says the Governor has said or done anything so far to allay fears that they could—once again—be on the losing end of state policy.
This feeling of historical betrayal and mistrust hasn’t been tempered by the Cuomo administration’s push to legalize gambling.
“It’s disturbing because it does not indicate any willingness to adhere to the agreement that the legislature had approved, and on which we’ve been relying for these last ten years, and he’s really said nothing about it,” Porter said.
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