ALBANY — The Donald is betting that legalizing casinos in New York won’t harm Atlantic City.
Despite indolent revenues for a Jersey casinos, genuine estate noble and radio star Donald Trump believes Atlantic City can sojourn a gambling mecca — even with a Empire State in play.
“Atlantic City will be a place that will have hulk casinos, and those hulk casinos, since of their plcae to any other and a sea nearby, will do usually fine,” Trump told a Daily News.
Trump and other Atlantic City gambling interests helped skip a final critical bid to legalize casinos in New York, in 1997.
But Trump says times have altered and he will not try to frustrate Gov. Cuomo’s casino push.
“It’s function all over,” Trump pronounced of ratified gambling. “The personification margin is a lot opposite than it was 10 years ago.”
New York already has several Indian-run casinos upstate as good as practical casinos during 9 marks statewide, including Aqueduct in Queens. And there is foe from adjacent states, like Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
“Wherever we look, we have gambling casinos popping up,” Trump said. “I’m not certain it’s a good thing for a country, (but) that’s something a nation can worry about.”
Trump pronounced he isn’t champing during a bit to get into a casino movement in New York — yet he didn’t sequence it out.
He called a awaiting of a New York City gambling basement “a churned bag.”
“It depends on what a devise is,” he said.
The Legislature this year gave initial thoroughfare to a inherent amendment to permit adult to 7 casinos statewide. In sequence to pierce forward, a Legislature will have to pass a magnitude again in 2013 or 2014 before putting it adult for open referendum.
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Ultimate fighting might have a fighting possibility in New York, after all.
A source tighten to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver pronounced a Dems will plead as shortly as Monday either to concede a opinion on a check to legalize a argumentative sport.
An advisory cabinet was separate uniformly on a issue, a source said.
“It will be given a really good shot during a conference,” a source said. “The outcome of a check is uncertain.”
Even if it doesn’t occur this year, it appears to be usually a matter of time, a insider said.
“Some people who against it previously, their meditative is elaborating since of a participation on TV, and we consider in a year or two, if that elaborating continues, it will benefit sufficient support,” a insider added.
New York is one of 3 states out of a 48 with jaunty commissions that does not permit churned martial arts.
The GOP-controlled Senate has voted several times to legalize churned martial arts.
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Gay rights groups have rewarded a 4 Republican senators who voted to legalize same-sex matrimony with debate donations and fund-raisers.
But some are wondering where a adore is for Sens. Joe Addabbo and Shirley Huntley, a dual Queens Dems who switched from being “no” votes in 2009 to “yes” final year yet haven’t perceived a dime.
“Twenty-nine Democrats opinion yes, and a 4 Republicans are removing all a money,” one domestic user groused. “So most for a (gay) village station adult for those who stood adult for them.”



