Sands Nassau County casino wins in New York appeals court
The Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court late Friday put on hold a state Supreme Court ruling blocking the transfer of the lease for the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. Las Vegas Sands hopes to build a new casino hotel there.
The appeals court ruling means a previously announced 99-year lease between Nassau County and Sands can continue pending an appeal hearing of the ruling. Booking date is November 21st.
For too long, the arena known as 'The Center' has been in a twilight zone of inaction," Nassau County Executive Bruce Blackman said in a statement. "We are grateful that the appeals court upheld the lower court's ruling, which we believe The lower court ruling will be overturned. I will continue to support Sands’ proposal to develop a world-class luxury hotel, spa, entertainment center and casino that will bring $5 billion in construction, good-paying permanent jobs and tax relief to our residents. "
Blackman has long advocated using the Coliseum site as a casino resort site. However, he has also been vocal about wanting the venue to be less about gaming and more about food, entertainment and tying the convention business to Long Island.
How Nassau County Sands Got Here
The appeals division decision came after Hofstra University sued Nassau County in April, claiming the lease transfer agreement violated New York state's open meetings law.
New York State Supreme Court Justice Sarika Kapoor agreed. In a ruling issued last week, a judge found that Hofstra had proven that the county intentionally did not allow public comment on the lease transfer.
Nassau County “performed the improper subdivision by failing to consider Sands’ future development plans.” The court found that the Nassau County Legislature failed to conduct the necessary regulatory review in areas related to the environmental concerns raised by the lease transfer, Kapur wrote in the ruling. 'Critical review'. "
Las Vegas Sands said Kapoor's decision has no impact on plans for Nassau County and does not believe the decision will hurt its chances of winning one of three future downstate casino licenses that New York regulators will issue. .
Nassau County Casinos Have Critics and Supporters
Long Island policymakers on both sides of the aisle, including Blackman, have supported the casino effort, noting it could create thousands of jobs and boost local tax revenue. Likewise, many local businesses believe the venue will bring economic benefits to the area.
Instead, Hofstra, Say No to Casino Citizens and Uniondale Nostrand Garden Citizens are among the groups that strongly oppose a casino resort coming to Long Island.
Pearl Jacobs of the Uniondale Nostrand Gardens Civic Association told News12: "This is not a location, this is not the right site, this is not the right site for a casino project of this size. County." "It's the equivalent of seven football fields and is right in the middle of 60,000 students ranging from graduate school to kindergarten."
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Source: www.casino.org
