The Latest News on Casino Developments in Catskills & NYS:
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| Do Not Pass Go: Monticello mayor to begin serving jail sentence
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| "The State Court of Appeals has refused to hear the case of Monticello Mayor Gordon Jenkins, therefore he will turn himself in and begin to serve a 45 day jail sentence on Tuesday. He was found guilty early last year of obstructing governmental administration and disorderly conduct. His attorney, Michael Sussman, appealed the conviction." |
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Three Lanes To Monticello: Schumer Pushes for Route 17 Expansion
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| "With drivers expected in the thousands headed to the casino in Thompson, lawmakers say there will be bottlenecking from Wallkill on, Senator Schumer said he plans on passing an infrastructure bill to add to the Route 17 project, extending the lanes with federal dollars. 'Revising this plan is something that needs to be done if the regions going to fully capitalize on economic development,' Schumer said.' |
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Hooking Up in the Boonies: Cuomo Administration Pushes $1B Broadband Plan
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| "With a major cable merger pending state and federal approval, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office on Friday unveiled a $1 billion plan to expand rural broadband access that comes with a private-sector match. The proposal was first made in October when Cuomo received the endorsement of the New York State Business Council. Under the plan, the state will invest $500 million, with private-sector companies footing the bill for an additional $500 million." |
| Mega Millions Winner Harold Diamond Is Internationally Acclaimed: Retired principal wins largest jackpot in New York's history |
| "An 80-year-old retired elementary school principal from Wurtsboro, New York, is planning to take his wife to Hawaii after he became the sole winner of the largest Mega Millions jackpot ticket claimed in the state's history, the New York Lottery announced Monday. Harold Diamond, a 39-year veteran of Monticello School District took the cash option on the $326 million jackpot, which will total $130,676,438 after taxes, according to the New York Lottery statement." |
| Downtown Brooklyn Gets the Bar it Deserves: Introducing Livingston Manor |
While the talk might be all Brooklyn, the bar itself is all Upstate charm, named after a quiet Catskills town near where Roff vacationed with his family as a child. "Livingston Manor was kind of my second home growing up," he explains. 'My family had a bungalow in the 70's about ten or fifteen minutes away from there in the Catskills - you know, the Jewish Alps?"'
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| NYC Dwellers Discover Weekend "Jewels" in Sullivan County: With Wide-Open Acres |
| "Still, they both knew that to find an old farmhouse near a town they liked, set far off the road, on rolling hills, with property lines extending as far as the eye could see - and priced within their budget - was "one in a million," as Ms. Salway put it. " |
| Upstate NY (& Sullivan County) continues to die: State shrinks while the city prospers |
| "Foreign immigration and local births meant that the state's population edged up overall. But when the data on New York City are released this summer, they are likely to show a net gain in domestic migration as well as a significant overall increase. What this means is that upstate continues to struggle. That is true even in the Buffalo area, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo is spending $1 billion (the "Buffalo billion") to revive the economy. In the past four years, the area has gained fewer than 5,000 jobs, or less than a 1% increase. The governor wants to spend another $1 billion elsewhere upstate. I wonder if he is expecting similar results." |
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