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OP/ED: More gambling questions to consider
Genting Group's multibillion-dollar wager on a huge convention center in Queens is really not that risky a bet for the operators of the state's newest racino at Aqueduct Racetrack.  Shinnecock Casino5/1/2013
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FBI Agents Search Shinnecock Indian Reservation As Part of Criminal Investigation
(New York) -- Federal Bureau of Investigation agents were on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation on Wednesday morning conducting a search as part of an ongoing criminal...
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FBI conducting search at Shinnecock reservation
(New York) -- The FBI is on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation conducting a search in an ongoing probe, the bureau confirmed Wednesday morning. More than a dozen FBI...
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FBI Raids Shinnecock Gaming Authority in Ongoing Probe
(New York) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the Shinnecock Indian Nation reservation early this morning and conducted a search of the tribal Gaming...
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FBI Searching Shinnecock Reservation
(New York) -- FBI agents on Wednesday searched the Shinnecock Indian Reservation's gaming authority trailer as part of an unspecified probe into the tribe, FBI...
4/2/2013
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Shinnecock Leadership Dispute Sparks Investigation, Election Battle
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Indian Nation’s Election Committee is going forward with elections for the board of trustees scheduled for today, Tuesday, April 2,...
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Shinnecocks Elect Collins, Silva and Smith As Trustees In Voting Marred By Violence
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Indian Nation elected three new Tribal Trustees on Tuesday, in elections that were marred by angry confrontations and even assaults on...
3/27/2013
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Ousted Shinnecock Tribal Trustees Call For Investigation Into Casino Deal
(New York) -- Two of the Shinnecock Indian Nation’s former Tribal Trustees, ousted in a disputed tribal vote last fall, are calling for an investigation of Tribal...
2/16/2013
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Leader of Shinnecock Nation cites no recent activity on casino
(New York) -- A leader of the Shinnecock Nation said there's been no "recent activity" on plans for a casino in Nassau County, New York.
2/14/2013
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Nassau County Casino Proposals Slammed by Anti-Gambling Group
(New York) -- About a dozen members of a new anti-gambling group declared their opposition Thursday to any proposals to build a casino in Nassau County, citing quality...
2/9/2013
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Mets Owners Requested Casino, Settle For Mall
(New York) -- With all of the early coverage of Spring Training, it's been easy to miss the recent details that emerged about the further development of a number of...
2/6/2013
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NYC: Shinnecock casino bid in Queens rejected
(New York) -- Three leaders of the Shinnecock Indian Nation and its casino development firm submitted in 2011 a little-known formal bid to open a casino on 30 acres of...
2/5/2013
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City Dismisses Talk of a Willets Point Casino
(New York) -- A crumbling industrial area near Citi Field in Queens has been viewed by Las Vegas gambling companies, an Indian tribe, developers and even some elected...
2/1/2013
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Shinnecock Leadership Strife Causes Casino Company to Cut Off Funding
(New York) -- Monthly stipends paid to the Shinnecock Indian Nation by a Detroit-based casino development company have been suspended while the tribe sorts out who is...
1/30/2013
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Casino Development Company Cuts Off Payments To Shinnecock Tribe
(New York) -- The Detroit development company that has bankrolled the Shinnecock Indian Nation’s ambitious drive toward a gaming facility has suspended its monthly...
11/29/2012
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2nd Circuit won't reconsider Shinnecock Nation casino dispute
(New York) -- The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday voted against reconsidering a casino dispute involving the Shinnecock Nation of New York.
11/28/2012
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2nd Circ. Won't Reconsider Case Over NY Tribe's Casino
(New York) -- The Second Circuit refused Wednesday to review its decision lifting a federal injunction against a 61,000-square-foot casino on tribal land in Southampton...
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Circuit Rejects En Banc Review of Indian Access to U.S. Courts
(New York) -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit yesterday refused to reconsider en banc a decision on American Indian land claims and tribal access to...
10/27/2012
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Shinnecocks Reaffirm Decision to Remove Leaders
(New York) -- Members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation voted Tuesday to reaffirm the tribe's July 31 decision to remove two tribal trustees from office, as well as...
10/24/2012
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Shinnecocks Reaffirm Decision to Remove Leaders
(New York) -- Members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation voted Tuesday to reaffirm the tribe's July 31 decision to remove two tribal trustees from office, as well as...
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Shinnecocks Vote To Oust Gumbs, Wright, Others From Tribal Leadership
(New York) -- Members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation voted on Tuesday night to remove four of its leaders, including two of the three elected Tribal Trustees, from...
9/20/2012
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New York Casino Bidders Boosted By Fading Shinnecock Hopes [sub req'd]
(New York) -- Developers battling to build a mega casino in New York City may have dodged a bullet, with the Shinnecock Nation’s long-standing drive to build a...
9/4/2012
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Internal Strife, Waning Support Stall Shinnecock Casino Plans
(New York) -- As Gov. Andrew Cuomo eyes a referendum to allow seven new non-Indian gaming facilities in New York State, the Shinnecock Indian Nation's ambition to...
9/3/2012
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Push for Shinnecock casino plan stalls
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Nation's longtime plans to launch a Long Island casino are being stalled by internal squabbles and wavering political support.
8/14/2012
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2 Shinnecock Tribal Trustees Ousted
(New York) -- Two Shinnecock Indian Nation tribal trustees, and two other top officials, have been removed from office by the Southampton tribe following controversy...
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Shinnecock Nation axes leaders after casino partner complains
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Nation of New York removed four leaders from office after the tribe's gaming partner complained, Newsday reports.
8/13/2012
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Shinnecock sacks 4, cites secret business deal
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Indian Nation's removal of four top officials from their posts this month followed challenges by the tribe's casino backer to several...
8/6/2012
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Shinnecock tribe suspends trustees amid probe
(New York) -- Members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation last week voted to remove two tribal trustees and two members of the tribe's gaming authority pending a 30-day...
6/26/2012
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Court Strikes Casino Ban for Shinnecock Nation
(New York) -- On Monday, a federal appeals court struck down a 2008 federal court decision barring the Shinnecock Indian Nation from building a casino on their tribal...
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Federal Court Throws Out Injuction Blocking Shinnecocks From Building Hamptons Casino
(New York) -- A nearly five-year legal battle between the Shinnecock Indian Nation, the state of New York and the local Southampton Town has reached a turning point, or...
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Hampton Bays Casino Battle Heads Back to the State
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Indian Nation Tribal Trustees said they were "gratified" to learn on Monday that the United States Court of Appeals has tossed out...
6/25/2012
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Appeals Ruling Revives Shinnecock Casino Fight
(New York) -- A federal appeals court has returned to the New York state courts a dispute over whether the Shinnecock Indian tribe should be able to build a casino in...
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Casino Ruling Struck Down
(New York) -- The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday struck down a 2007 federal court decision barring a Long Island American Indian tribe from building a...
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Federal Court Tosses Injunction Preventing Shinnecocks From Building Hampton Bays Casino
(New York) -- A federal appeals court on Monday threw out a court-issued injunction preventing the Shinnecock Indian Nation from using tribe-owned Hampton Bays property...
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Native American casino battle shifts to NY state court
(New York) -- Monday tossed out a ruling that had barred a Long Island-based Native American tribe from building a casino in Southampton, New York.
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NYS, Southampton must fight Native American casino in state court
(New York) -- A split federal appeals court on Monday tossed out a ruling that had barred a Long Island-based Native American tribe from building a casino in Southampton...
6/11/2012
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Thiele Tells Cuomo to Engage in Shinnecock Casino Talks
(New York) -- With five Indian-run casinos already established in the New York State, Assemblyman Fred Thiele told Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a letter last week that the time...
6/6/2012
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Shinnecock call for casino talks with Cuomo
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Indian Nation today called for a dialogue with Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the tribe’s plans to build a casino on Long Island.
6/5/2012
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Shinnecocks Tell Cuomo to Open L.I. Casino Talks
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Nation Tribal Trustees took exception to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's remarks this week that it would be "unrealistic" to open talks now regarding an...
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Shinnecocks to Cuomo: Talk Indian casino now
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Indian Nation fired back at Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Tuesday, saying that, as a tribal nation, it should not have to wait years to talk about...
6/4/2012
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Cuomo: Talking with Shinnecocks "unrealistic right now"
(New York) -- Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Cuomo said Monday it was "unrealistic right now" for him to engage with the Shinnecock Nation about an Indian-run casino on...
6/2/2012
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Cuomo urged to restart Belmont casino talks
(New York) -- A proposed Belmont Park casino, once considered dead and buried, may have received a breath of new life Friday when Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said that plans to...
6/1/2012
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Editorial: Shinnecock casino at Belmont?
(New York) -- Belmont's future and the hopes of the Shinnecock Indian Nation to run a casino there were dealt a new hand on Friday, when Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo...
4/6/2012
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Editorial: Let the Shinnecocks cash in
(New York) -- It's long past time for the Shinnecock Indian Nation -- whose South Fork land was stolen outright by Albany and whose legitimate claims to federal...
3/23/2012
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OP/ED: More gambling questions to consider
(New York) -- Genting Group's multibillion-dollar wager on a huge convention center in Queens is really not that risky a bet for the operators of the state's...
3/21/2012
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Thiele Opposes Casino Legalization in New York
(New York) -- Last week, the New York State Assembly passed a state constitutional amendment that opens the door to the establishment of seven new casinos in New York.
2/9/2012
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Letters: Don't bet on casino plans
(New York) -- Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's comments about a new casino at Belmont not being economically viable, as he proceeds to promote his plan to have a casino open...
2/6/2012
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Shinnecocks Approve Pact With Gateway Casino Resorts for Long Island Casinos
(New York) -- In a 101-10 vote, the Shinnecock Indian Nation has approved a pact with Gateway Casino Resorts to build three casinos on Long Island. The tribe has...
2/4/2012
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Shinnecocks approve pact to build casino
(New York) -- Members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation have cleared an important hurdle in their decade-old quest to build casinos on Long Island by overwhelmingly...
2/3/2012
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Cuomo says Belmont casino would 'not make sense'
(New York) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo all but indicated to the editorial board at Newsday that a new casino at Belmont Park was a non-starter while touting plans for...
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Shinnecocks Moving Forward On Gaming Contract
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Indian Nation has voted to accept “major components” of its proposed contract with Gateway Casino Resorts to open and run a...
2/2/2012
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Cuomo: Belmont casino doesn't 'make sense'
(New York) -- 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...
1/26/2012
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A Shinnecock Casino At Belmont? Don’t Bet On It.
(New York) -- The jovial retired couple had just driven in from Stony Brook to play the new slot machines at the Aqueduct racetrack in south Queens, about a mile from...
1/13/2012
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Shinnecock doggedly pursue Belmont casino
(New York) -- Despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recently announced plan to expand the Aqueduct racino and add a convention center and hotel to the Queens track, the...
1/11/2012
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Governor Pushes For Gambling Revenues
(New York) -- In his State of the State Address last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo said that he plans to propose an amendment to the State Constitution that would make non...
1/6/2012
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After guv's speech, tribe eyes next move
(New York) -- Leaders of the Shinnecock Indian Nation huddled Thursday to consider their next steps after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced a $4 billion plan to build a...
1/4/2012
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Pol: Cuomo plan threatens Shinnecock casino
(New York) -- Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's plan to build the nation's largest convention center and possibly a casino at Aqueduct Racetrack would "effectively...
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Shinnecock Casino Plans Hampered By Developer Concerns [sub req'd]
(New York) -- New York State’s flagging tribal gaming sector has taken another blow amid a major setback to plans for a Long Island casino that would be just a...
12/21/2011
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Marian Ilitch to roll dice again after New York casino deal gets voted down
(New York) -- Backers of a rejected casino management contract between an American Indian tribe in New York and a partnership co-financed by Detroit's Marian Ilitch...
12/20/2011
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Shinnecock Citizens Reject Gateway Casino Agreement
(New York) -- A majority of Shinnecock Indian Nation members rejected a controversial gaming agreement with its longtime financier, Detroit-based Gateway Casino Resorts...
12/16/2011
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Shinnecocks Reject Casino Partner Contract On Thursday
(New York) -- In a tribal referendum on Thursday, a majority of the members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation voted against authorizing the tribe’s leaders to sign a...
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STATEMENT from the Shinnecock Indian Nation Tribal Board of Trustees
(New York) -- As the elected leaders of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, we understand and accept the vote of our people on Thursday. While some may want to put their own...
12/15/2011
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BLOG: Votes Are Counted & Shinnecock Nation Gives Thumbs Down to Contract with Michael Malik's Gateway Casino Resorts
(New York) -- An intra-tribal war has been brewing on the Shinnecock Indian Nation's Long Island reservation. Members are split about their commitment to move...
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Shinnecock Tribe votes down gaming pact
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Indian Nation Thursday voted down a gaming pact with partner Gateway Casino Resorts, a rejection of a longtime partner that is certain to...
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Tribe Votes On Casino Partner Contract On Thursday
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Indian Nation was voting on Thursday on the future of its relationship with a Detroit casino developer who has been bankrolling their years-...
12/14/2011
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BLOG: To Bypass Carcieri and Other Off-Reservation Casino Hurdles, Detroiters Plan Introduction of "Mandatory Acquisition Legislation" in Congress
(New York) -- Detroiters who stand to gain hundreds of million of dollars developing and operating Shinnecock Indian Nation gambling halls on Long Island and possibly...
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Discord Erupts Over Shinnecock Vote On Casino Partner's Future
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Indian Nation is set to hold a pivotal vote today, December 15, on whether the tribe will continue its business relationship with Gateway...
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Vote To Be Held On Future Of Shinnecock Indian Nation
(New York) -- Some factions within the Shinnecock Indian Nation feel the tribe is giving away too much to its developer and financial partner in its plan to build...
12/13/2011
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BLOG: Detroiter Casino Syndicator Who Can't Get a Michigan Gambling License Reportedly Could Get Biggest Deal in Indian Gaming
(New York) -- Detroiter Michael J. Malik, Sr., can't obtain a gambling license from the Michigan Gaming Control Board, but leaders he's backed at the Shinnecock...
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Shinnecocks to vote casino agreement
(New York) -- Sharply divided members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation are expected to vote Thursday on agreements that will determine whether the tribe moves forward...
10/6/2011
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Shinnecock casino plan wins 2 supporters
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Indian Nation has won two new influential supporters in its plans for a casino at Belmont Park while advancing a separate plan in Suffolk...
9/23/2011
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What are the odds? [sub req'd]
(New York) -- Developers could impose Vegas on Long Island. And they wouldn’t need a Native American partner to legally separate New Yorkers from their money.
9/14/2011
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Tribe's Latest Hurdle To Casino: Legalized Gambling Proposal
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Indian Nation’s effort to secure permission to operate a potentially lucrative casino has cleared a number of mountainous hurdles. But...
7/25/2011
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United States: Tribal Casino And The Asian Global Giant: A Modern David vs. Goliath?
(New York) -- Genting is the Malaysian global gaming juggernaut that has been working on gaming projects within the United States for several years and finally appears...
7/13/2011
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Shinnecock Nation Leaders Reveal Casino Plans To Belmont Neighbors
(New York) -- Representatives of the Shinnecock Indian Nation presented a rough sketch of a proposal for a casino and hotel complex at the Belmont Raceway to civic...
7/8/2011
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Shinnecocks show early Belmont casino plan
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Indian Nation has unveiled a tentative plan for a Belmont Park entertainment complex that would include a casino, hotel and a renovated rail...
6/27/2011
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Nassau chambers back Belmont casino
(New York) -- The Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce announced today its member organizations had voted unanimously to support the development of a casino at Belmont...
6/22/2011
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Aqueduct casino firm: Shinnecocks a threat
(New York) -- The Malaysian casino company building a more than $800 million gambling emporium at Aqueduct Racetrack described the vitality and frailty of its project,...
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Casino mailing goes to Belmont's neighbors
(New York) -- In its most public effort to date for a Long Island casino, the Shinnecock Indian Nation this week sent 19,000 direct-mail pieces to residents near Belmont...
6/20/2011
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Leader of firm chosen to run Aqueduct's racino says an Indian casino would put facility out of business
(New York) -- Genting New York LLC, the firm chosen to run Aqueduct’s new racino, says a nearby Indian casino would put its facility out of business. Belmont Park...
6/13/2011
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Casino 'site' a beauty
(New York) -- An old Estée Lauder facility on Long Island has been chosen by the Shinnecock Indian Nation's gaming authority as a site for a long-planned casino, The...
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Shinnecock eyes Yaphank site for casino
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Indian Nation is eyeing yet another parcel of Suffolk land for a casino/hotel development project -- this one a former cosmetics warehouse...
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Shinnecock Nation Looks at New Site for Long Island Casino
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Indian Nation is eyeing an old cosmetics distribution facility on Long Island to house its casino, reported The New York Post.
6/12/2011
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Casino in Belmont parking lot 'a possibility' [sub req'd]
(New York) -- A gaming facility at Belmont Park could easily be located in the state-owned raceway's south parking lot across Hempstead Turnpike from the raceway, a...
6/11/2011
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A casino 'would cheapen' Belmont, some say [sub req'd]
(New York) -- Trever Evans didn't employ a terribly scientific method when he put his money on the young female horse that caught his eye. "Her name is Victoria...
6/10/2011
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Belmont Stakes focuses attention on Nassau County for sports, entertainment
(New York) -- Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano is looking to piggy back the fame and prestige of the 143rd Belmont Stakes to make the County a sports and entertainment...
6/9/2011
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L.I. POWER LIST: Lance Gumbs, Shinnecock Nation
(New York) -- Lance GumbsThe Shinnecock Indians would have been among the first aboriginal people to meet the settlers from Europe. Yet despite a long-documented...
5/23/2011
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Casino: fun or lame?
(New York) -- Casino in Nassau County? The Shinnecock Indians have hopes to one day open their own casino somewhere on Long Island. In order for this tribe to open their...
5/19/2011
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Tribe mulling plans for Aqueduct racino rival
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Nation said it has received an offer to build a casino at Belmont Race Track in Nassau, which could put a dent into profits for the Aqueduct...
5/15/2011
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Proposed Belmont casino not a shoo-in
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Indian Nation's ambitions for a casino in Nassau County took an unexpected turn last week with a resurrected plan by Republican...
5/13/2011
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Cappelli on move again
(New York) -- Louis Cappelli may have taken a few recession-fueled body blows with plans north of Westchester County, but he’s back up and in the ring with new...
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Mangano Lays Out Economic Development & Job Plan / Advances Belmont as Preferred Site For Casino
(New York) -- Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano was joined this week by New York Islanders owner Charles Wang, Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray, and other...
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Nassau County doubles down with casino and arena
(New York) -- New York's Nassau County on Wednesday announced plans to boost its economy with a new ice hockey arena and a racetrack casino, but both would be...
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Question of the Day: Where Should the Shinnecocks Put a Casino?
(New York) -- Nassau County officials and Islanders owner Charles Wang announced plans to replace the Nassau Coliseum this week — but the plans did not include a...
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Shinnecocks eye Belmont casino
(New York) -- New York's Nassau County officials say they are entering negotiations with the Shinnecock Indian tribe to possibly open a gambling casino at Belmont...
5/12/2011
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New York Islanders owner Charles Wang, Nassau County officials pitch $400M arena project
(New York) -- The most pertinent "82" for the Islanders no longer is the number of games in an NHL regular season. Nassau County officials and Islanders owner...
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Voters must OK new Islanders arena
(New York) -- A suburban county placed under a state fiscal watchdog earlier this year will ask voters this summer to let it borrow $400 million to replace the New York...
5/11/2011
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BLOG: Why The Ban On Tax Free Indian Cigarettes Guarantees A Shinnecock Casino
(New York) -- The Shinnecock Indian nation just took a huge blow to their livelihood with the new ban on tax free cigarettes. Until now cigarettes sold on the Shinnecock...
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Islanders Arena Plan Does Not Include Shinnecock Casino
(New York) -- Plans for a new Islanders hockey arena do not include a Shinnecock Indian casino, county leaders and Islanders owner Charles Wang said Wednesday in...
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Mangano: Redevelop Coliseum, Build Casino at Belmont
(New York) -- A plan announced Wednesday by Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and New York Islanders owner Charles Wang would redevelop the Nassau Veterans Memorial...
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Nassau County doubles down with casino and arena
(New York) -- New York's Nassau County on Wednesday announced plans to boost its economy with a new ice hockey arena and a racetrack casino, but both would be...
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Nassau County To Support Shinnecock Casino At Belmont
(New York) -- Nassau County officials and representatives of the Shinnecock Indian Nation announced on Wednesday morning that the county has dropped plans to have a...
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NY Nassau Co. in Talks For Possible Belmont Casino
(New York) -- New York's Nassau County officials say they are entering negotiations with the Shinnecock Indian tribe to possibly open a gambling casino at Belmont...
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