Another Gov. Cuomo comes out in favor of casino expansion

[hrmjustin]

Casey Seiler, Capitol bureau chief

Not a guy known for wading into New York State policy debates these days, former Gov. Mario Cuomo apparently couldn’t resist after a group opposed to the casino-expansion amendment constructed a brief video using the elder Cuomo’s words from his 1994 book “The New York Idea: An Experiment in Democracy.”

“There is a respectable body of economic thought that holds that casino gambling is actually economically regressive to a state and a community,” Cuomo wrote; it’s read in voiceover by someone who doesn’t sound much like the former governor. “Casinos are a whole different breed. It changes communities. It doesn’t generate wealth, it just redistributes it.”

Read more at http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/198429/another-gov-cuomo-comes-out-in-favor-of-casino-expansion/

[hrmjustin]

1. I will not be voting for it.