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Губернаторът на Ню Йорк налага вето на наддаване за ускоряване на напредъка на казиното, тъй като две оферти печелят популярност в квартала
By Фил - 27 ноември 2024 г.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has vetoed legislation that would have speeded up the timeline for casino projects in New York City, saying it would compromise fairness in the competitive bidding process.
Governor Hochul said: “Changing the timeline would likely have the impact of helping certain bidders and hurting others. I cannot support a bill that aims to change the rules in the middle of the process. As part of the process, applicants are required to work with local governments so that their projects fall within the respective zoning laws of the municipalities. Potential applicants have been continuously working toward ensuring that their projects are compliant.”
The bill, approved by legislators in June, wanted proposals to be submitted by August 2024, even if local zoning and other approvals were not yet secured. Instead, Governor Huchul is sticking with the original timescale of June 27, 2025, with licenses expected to be awarded by the end of 2025.
The Bill’s sponsor State Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr, was vociferous in criticising the veto.
He said: “Codifying a timeframe for an already unduly prolonged downstate casino process would merely improve the process by allowing it to actually begin accepting applications, thus informing the unions and residents of New York when quality job creation could be expected, allowing the Metropolitan Transit Authority to calculate when to expect the funds from the licence fees and permitting it to project the significant future revenues from the casino’s operations.”
“My legislation was attempting to bring credibility to the current state of the downstate casino process, not to ‘alter the timeframe’ as stated in the governor’s veto message, since no codified timeframe to start accepting applications exists at all.
“The veto of S9673A would further delay the creation of thousands of union jobs, postpone guaranteed funding for the MTA projected to be initially over $2bn, as well as ongoing tax revenue for the MTA. Therefore, what rational reason is there for the state to hinder the submission of applications for a downstate casino process indefinitely?”
“I intend to reintroduce revised legislation that will codify the governor’s proposed timeframe to begin accepting applications in June 2025 and finalise the process in December 2025,” he added.
“Codifying a timeframe does not ‘change the rules in the middle of the process’ as the governor also stated in her veto message but will technically add validity to a process that is severely lacking structure and effectiveness by not having a statutory timeframe for accepting casino licence applications nor completion.”
A total of 11 casino groups are competing for the three casino licenses.
Of those, the proposed $8bn blueprint to transform the area around Metropolitan Park, led by New York Mets owner Steve Cohen, has recently received approval from all five Queens community boards.
Mr Cohen is partnering with Hard Rock International in a bid to bring a casino, hotel, and entertainment complex with plenty of green space to 50 acres of Citi Field’s car park. It will include a 25-acre public park, athletic fields, bike paths, a food hall, a concert venue, and upgraded transit facilities, among other features.
Las Vegas Sands recently submitted its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to the Nassau County Legislature for its proposed world-class integrated resort at the site of the Колизей в Насау. The submission follows a vote by the Nassau County Legislature which unanimously confirmed that the document is complete, addresses all required topics, and is now available for public review.
Michael Levoff, Las Vegas Sands’ Senior Vice President of Strategy and Public Affairs, said: “We are grateful to the Nassau County Legislature for its thorough review of the completeness of our environmental impact statement. This over 28,000-page document further demonstrates Sands’ commitment to comprehensively and holistically mitigate the potential impacts of our transformative project at the site of the Nassau Coliseum. We are equally grateful to the many Long Islanders and local organizations that continue to come to the table and work with us to create opportunity and build a better, more inclusive, more sustainable community for all.”
