From The Desk Ofr Yonkers Newswire Editor Brian Harrod: Its Good That Yonkers Assemblymen Nader Sayegh And J Gary Pretlow Are On The Gaming Committee.

 

From The Desk Ofr Yonkers Newswire Editor Brian Harrod...... Its Good That Yonkers Assemblymen Nader Sayegh And J Gary Pretlow Are On The Gaming Committee..... SITTING PRETTY: One of the three licenses are expected to go straight to #MGMResorts-owned #EmpireCityCasino in #Yonkers that has already been OK’d to run slot machines for years..... FOX BUSINESS NEWS: Vegas casinos could be coming to #NYC MAKING MOVES: Wynn Resorts, #BallysCorp, Las Vegas Sands all quietly positioning themselves to compete for a #NewYorkCity-area casino license ALBANY: Three large casino companies are jockeying over a rare opportunity to bring a piece of the #LasVegas Strip to the Big Apple, The Post has learned. #WynnResorts, Bally’s Corp. and #LasVegasSands are all quietly positioning themselves to compete for a New York City-area casino license in anticipation of Albany putting out a request for proposals as soon as next month, sources told The Post. Efforts have included talking to potential developer partners and wooing local politicians for supportof #Vegas casinos, sources said. The mad scramble comes as Albany struggles to close a $15 billion budget deficit and create jobs in a state badly hurt by the pandemic. This has motivated some lawmakers to push to issue three gaming licenses reserved for downstate New York (an area that encompasses the city, the lower #HudsonValley and #LongIsland) this year instead of in 2023 as originally planned..... https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/permalink/2914550065469219/