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Cuomo: Belmont casino doesn't 'make sense'

Originally published: February 2, 2012 8:45 PM
Updated: February 2, 2012 10:41 PM
By ROBERT BRODSKY robert.brodsky@newsday.com

In a visit to Newsday Thursday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo shares his thoughts on the controversy over casinos in New York. Videojournalist: Chris Ware (Feb. 2, 2012)

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Thursday that a new casino at Belmont Park would not be economically viable as he touted plans for the nation's largest convention center and a possible casino at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens.

The Shinnecock Indian tribe has pursued a casino at Belmont and a handful of sites in Suffolk County.

"My instinct is it would not make sense to have two [casinos] back-to-back...

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