New York Gambling Referendum Language Suit Rejected by Judge [View all]

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By Chris Dolmetsch

A judge threw out a legal challenge to the wording of a referendum to go to voters next month that would authorize casino gambling’s expansion in New York state.

Judge Richard Platkin of state Supreme Court in Albany dismissed the suit today. He rejected claims that the ballot’s wording was slanted in favor of the measure and that the state Board of Elections violated an open-meetings law in adopting it.

The suit was filed by Brooklyn lawyer Eric J. Snyder, who says he opposes the proliferation of gambling in New York. Snyder said the ballot’s statement that the measure is designed to promote job growth and increase aid to schools will advocate a “yes” vote using public funds, in violation of the state constitution.

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