Poll: Should New York Legalize Gambling?
Governor Cuomo and the New York State legislature announced earlier this month that the state will consider a constitutional amendment to legalize casino gambling to put money in state coffers....
View ArticleCymbrowitz Concerned About Seven New Casinos In NY, Increase In Addiction...
The following is a press release from the offices of Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz: Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, Chairman of the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, which has jurisdiction over...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Will Casino Gambling Revitalize Coney Island?
BETWEEN THE LINES: Gamblers — the obsessed and the occasional — must be drooling at the prospect of casino gambling coming to Coney Island, so they won’t have to schlep to Connecticut or Atlantic City...
View ArticleUpdate: Markowitz Begins Coney Casino Coalition
This week Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced he’d support a casino in Coney Island. Wednesday, Marty Markowitz began a coalition backing gambling in Coney Island, according to the Daily News....
View ArticleCuomo Says “No” To New York City Casino, But Lawmakers Still Have Hand To Play
Opponents of a Coney Island casino can breathe a little easier today, knowing that Governor Andrew Cuomo has scaled back his support for casino gambling in New York, and is ruling it out entirely in...
View ArticleCymbrowitz: State’s Expansion Of Quick Draw Is Playing “Russian Roulette”...
The following is a press release from the offices of Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz: Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Brooklyn), Chairman of the Assembly’s Committee on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse,...
View ArticlePoll Shows New Yorkers Against NYC Casino, Especially When In Their Backyard
As we’ve previously reported, Governor Cuomo has been pushing to legalize gambling statewide in recent months, but efforts to build casinos within the five boroughs has met stiff resistance, according...
View ArticleWhere Do The Mayoral Candidates Stand On NYC Casinos?
We’ve been reporting on the possibility of casinos coming to New York City and New Yorkers’ lukewarm opposition to them. As the mayoral race becomes more a thing, the question arises as to where our...
View ArticleThough “Complicated,” Cuomo Still Pushing To Add Casinos To State Budget
Although the legislative calender for 2013 is quickly ending, Governor Andrew Cuomo is still trying to sort out the question of bringing legalized gambling to the state. Times Union is reporting that...
View ArticleFidler And Williams Team Up To Crack Down On Illegal Gambling
Councilmembers Lew Fidler and Jumaane D. Williams passed legislation that they hope will crack down on illegal gambling in the city. According to the press release, the bill, which passed by a 49-to-0...
View ArticleLegislators Continue Push For Casinos, But With Plan For Locations
A state legislator from the Catskills is leapfrogging Governor Andrew Cuomo when it comes to pushing forward the plan to bring casinos to New York State. Times Union is reporting that State Senator...
View ArticleCuomo Lays Out Details For Casino Plan
The plan to legalize gambling and build anywhere from three to seven casinos across the state of New York continues to be a complicated one. Times Union is reporting that Governor Andrew Cuomo laid out...
View ArticleEditorial: Don’t Gamble On Casinos Until Lawmakers Prove It’s A Win
Earl Grinols, a distinguished professor of economics at Baylor University and author of Gambling in America: Costs and Benefits, penned an op-ed in today’s Daily News urging New York State residents to...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Expanded Casino Gambling Will Put All New Yorkers At Risk
The following is an op-ed submitted by Stephen Shafer, chairperson of the Coalition Against Gambling in NY. In November, New York voters will have a referendum on whether the state’s constitution...
View ArticleBrighton Man Arrested For Savagely Attacking His Barber
A Brighton Beach man turned on his Sheepshead Bay-based barber when he realized that the man who cuts his hair was carrying around some big bills. Brooklyn News reported that 35-year-old Joseph...
View ArticleBrighton Man Targeted By Feds Claims He Was Singled Out For Being Russian
A Brighton Beach man busted in a $100 million illegal poker ring has claimed that federal authorities targeted him because he was Russian. The New York Post is reporting that even though Kiril Rapoport...
View ArticleReferendum On Casino Legislation Posed In Deceptive Language
Voters will be presented with a referendum calling for the construction of seven casinos this November, and the language surrounding the measure is wrapped in language designed to make voters think...
View ArticleThanks To Well-Crafted Language, Casino Ballot Measure Has Majority Support
A majority of New Yorkers indicated that they would support the upcoming ballot measure that would allow for the development of seven casinos. The New York Times is reporting that the poll, conducted...
View ArticleYet Another Study Says Casinos May Bring Economic Harm, But Not For The Pols...
The effort to pass a measure that would expand legalized gambling in New York State and see the construction of seven casinos is receiving a huge push from legislators and lobbyists. Despite the...
View ArticleGroups Suing To Change Casino Referendum Language
The New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) is joining the legal battle to get the flowery pro-casino language on an upcoming November ballot changed. The New York Post is reporting that...
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