"A state board created specifically to grant licenses will announce its decisions before the end of the year. Five initiatives will be discarded and only three licenses will be approved. And this unusual fervor has even touched the Trump Organization, as one of the proposed projects would be built on the golf course formerly managed by the Republican president's empire in the Bronx."
"The first phase of evaluating the proposals has cleared the competition in a pre-selection process conducted by the so-called community advisory committees (CACs). Each bid has been assigned a CAC, which is composed of six representatives from the state, the municipality, as well as the borough where the proposed project would be built. These first-instance committees have approved two of the projects: one in southeast Queens and another in Yonkers."
New York City received eight proposals to build new casinos across multiple boroughs. A state board will select three licensees and require each winning developer to deposit a $500 million license fee by December 31. Community advisory committees (CACs) conducted a pre-selection review, assigning each bid a six-member CAC with state, city and borough representatives. CACs approved two projects—one in southeast Queens and one in Yonkers—while three projects await votes and three were discarded. Notable rejections include proposals for sites near the United Nations, Times Square and the Financial District. One proposal involves a Trump Organization-linked site on a former Bronx golf course.
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