New York State judge blocks lease for Sands’s $4 billion Long Island casino

New York State judge blocks lease for Sands’s $4 billion Long Island casino

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  • Carl Campanile, New York Post
November 9, 2023 8:45 PM

No dice! A state judge invalidated the Nassau County government’s approval of a 99-year lease agreement allowing Sands to construct a $4 billion casino complex at the Nassau Coliseum site.

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The judge ruled officials short-circuited the open meetings and environmental laws before voting.

The lease is now void and Nassau County planning officials are left to start new hearings with the county legislature and vote again if they want to approve it.

The decision issued Thursday by Supreme Court Judge Sarika Kapoor is a big victory for Hofstra University, the plaintiff in the case whose campus is located next to the coliseum hub and opposes the casino plan.