![]() ![]() Now, following the approval of casino gambling by state lawmakers and voters, the state’s siting board has 16 casino bids to pick from this fall-and it is becoming clear just how difficult it will be to winnow them down to no more than four winning projects. Under his plan, the governor said, the state would license several “gaming resorts” through an “independent, non-political process, to fairly and strategically capitalize on the enormous potential gaming has for growing our state’s economy.” Promising an influx of jobs for economically depressed upstate communities, the proposal also repeated the governor’s pledge that any new casinos would double as resort destinations in order to attract tourists and keep locals from flocking to places like Atlantic City and Connecticut. Andrew Cuomo laid out his plan for siting new casinos in New York. ![]()
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