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Cuomo's upstate gaming expansion proposal worries Empire City backers

Originally published: January 10, 2013 7:35 PM
Updated: January 10, 2013 7:55 PM
By CHRISTIAN WADE  christian.wade@cablevision.com

Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway is located

Photo credit: Angela Gaul | Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway is located at 810 Yonkers Ave. in Yonkers. (April 3, 2012)

Westchester County politicians are concerned that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to push for an expansion of gambling in upstate New York will draw visitors away from their multimillion-dollar Empire City Casino in Yonkers.

"There's a limited pot of money for gaming, and what we've been trying to do in Yonkers is capture the market that has been going to the Indian reservations or New Jersey,...

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