Griffo Says No To Adding Four Casinos In New York

With the Gaming Facility Location Board deciding this week to re-open the bidding process for a fourth upstate casino, Senator Joseph Griffo is asking the state Gaming Commission to put a moratorium on granting licenses.

Griffo says New Yorkers were lured into voting for this process with the promises of more jobs, increased school aid and lower property taxes.

He says economic conditions have changed so rapidly that four casinos in Atlantic City have closed within a year,  resulting in the loss of 8,000 jobs.

Griffo wants the Gaming Commission to do their homework on what happened in New Jersey and to collect more data to better project what each of the three recommended sites would have on the economy.