Cuomo watch: Casino strategy falls into place
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's casino strategy has been falling into place so far. The governor -- after changing his gambling plans a couple of times -- was pushing a three-upstate-casino proposal most of this year, but shifted to four last week.
Meanwhile, Cuomo has neutralized potential opponents in a casino referendum: Indian nations. This spring, Cuomo signed revenue-sharing agreements with three tribes to protect their casinos from new competition. The deep-pocketed Oneida and Seneca nations could have bankrolled a "No" vote campaign in a statewide casino referendum planned for this fall.
The agreements also effectively reduced the state's siting options for new casinos to the Southern Tier, Catskills and the Capital region.
-- Yancey Roy
Inside look at NUMC's aging infrastructure President and CEO of Nassau University Medical Center Thomas Stokes explains the problems caused by the aging infrastructure within the hospital. Newsday Associate Editor Joye Brown reports.
